Proscovia Nabbanja

Proscovia Nabbanja is a Ugandan geologist and corporate executive, who is the chief executive officer of the Uganda National Oil Company, since 1 October 2019. From 15 August 2019 until 1 October 2019, she was the acting CEO at the company. She replaced the founding CEO, Josephine Wapakabulo.

Previously, between November 2016 and August 2019, Nabbanja was the chief operating officer (upstream) of the Uganda National Oil Company. Prior to that, she was a senior geologist at the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), in the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the first woman to hold that position.

Background and education Nabbanja was educated at Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in geology and chemistry. Later, she obtained a Master of Science in Petroleum Geoscience, from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, in London, United Kingdom. For a period of nineteen months, from April 2015 until October 2016, Nabbanja was acting principal geologist at PEPD, the position she left to join UNOC.

Personal life Nabbanja is a married mother of three children.

Other responsibilities Nabanjja was appointed by Minister of Health in 2020 as a member of the board of directors of Malaria Free Uganda, a private public initiative by the Government of Uganda under the Ministry of Health charged with helping the National Malaria Control Division (NMCD) in removing barriers towards implementation of a national strategic plan through advocacy, resource mobilization and accountability to stakeholders.