Dr. Louis A. Kasekende
Executive Director
Dr. Louis A. Kasekende joined MEFMI on April 1 2021 as the Executive Director. Prior to joining MEFMI he served as Deputy Governor at the Bank of Uganda (BOU) from January 2010 till January 2020. Dr. Kasekende also served as Deputy from December 1999 to May 2002 and from December 2004 to May 2006. Prior to his first appointment as Deputy Governor, he had served for 13 years at BOU in several capacities, including that of Director of the Research Department and Executive Director responsible for Research and Policy.
His career has also seen him serve as Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB) from May 2006 to December 2009. As Chief Economist, he was the Bank’s spokesperson on socio-economic and development issues of importance for Africa. He is credited for playing a leading role in the AfDB’s efforts to help African economies withstand the impact of the global economic crisis. Between 2002 and 2004, he served as Alternate Executive Director and later as Executive Director at the World Bank for Africa Group 1, where he over-saw 22 countries mostly from Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Kasekende has previously served as a member of the United Nations Group of Eminent Persons for the Least Developed Countries and the World Bank Knowledge Advisory Commission. He also served on the Board of the African Export Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK), the International Economics Association (IEA), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) , Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services (UIBFS) and as a member of the National Steering Committee on Capital Markets Development in Uganda.
Dr. Kasekende holds a PhD and Master of Arts in Econometrics from the University of Manchester and a Bachelors degree in economics from Makerere University. He has authored several articles in academic journals and books. Dr. Kasekende is a member of the Rotary Club of Kampala North.