William S. Kalema

William Samson Kalema, is a Ugandan chemical engineer, business consultant and entrepreneur, who serves as the managing partner of BDO East Africa, "a professional firm that offers audit, accounting, tax and business advisory services to private and public sector clients", in the countries of the East African Community and Ethiopia.

Background and education Kalema was born at Mulago, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. After attending primary school locally, he was admitted to Kings College Budo, where he completed his middle and high school education. He obtained his High School Diploma from Budo.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree, both in chemical engineering and both awarded by the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. His Doctor of Philosophy degree, also in chemical engineering, was obtained from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena, California, United States, in 1984.

Past board positions He has served on the following boards in the past.

UK Commission for Africa set up by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to develop a long-term strategy for international support for Africa's sustainable development, 2005 Chairman, Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA), 2000–2002 Board member Uganda Manufacturers Association, 1994–2000 Committee Chairman, UMA Economic Sub-Committee, 1997–2000 Board Chairman, Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), 1998–2007 Member of Uganda's high-level Presidential Investors Round Table, 2004–2006 and 2009–2011 Board Chairman, DFCU Bank, 1998–2007 Board member DFCU Group, 1998–2012. Trustee, Shell Foundation, 2005–2015, Trustee and former Executive Chairman of the Kilimo Trust, 1997–2017 Trustee, Investment Climate Facility for Africa, 2007–2017 Chairman, Board of Trustees, Makerere Female Scholarship Foundation, Chairman, Board of Directors, Uganda Gatsby Trust Member of the Investment Committee of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, managed by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), 2007–2013 Director, African Agricultural Capital & Chair of the African Agricultural Capital Fund I Director, East African Breweries Limited, 2000–2009 Chairman, Board of Directors, Uganda Breweries, 2004–2009.

Professional associations Member; American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member; Sigma Xi Scientific Honour Society