Joshua Allan Mwesiga

Director Strategy and Corporate Affairs | Uganda Development Bank

Joshua Allan Mwesiga is a seasoned business executive with over 15 years of leadership experience spanning development finance, commercial banking, energy sector, and the not-for-profit sector. He currently serves as Director Strategy and Corporate Affairs at the Uganda Development Bank (UDB), Uganda’s national Development Finance Institution, where he leads strategy formulation and execution, communication and organisational alignment to drive institutional performance and advance the country’s development priorities.

Prior to joining UDB, Joshua held senior leadership positions with leading financial institutions in East Africa, including the Ugandan subsidiaries of Equity Bank Group and Kenya Commercial Bank. He also previously contributed his expertise to Uganda’s energy sector.

Joshua holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Makerere University; an Advanced Diploma in Modern Management from Cambridge International College UK; and a Master of Science from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK. He is also an alumnus of the CEO Apprenticeship Programme, a collaborative leadership development initiative of the CEO Summit of Uganda, Strathmore Business School in Kenya, and the Gordon Institute of Business Science in South Africa.

Drawing on his experience at the intersection of strategy, corporate innovation, human capital management, communication, and development finance, Joshua brings pragmatic perspectives on how institutions can translate strategic ambition into measurable business performance and meaningful economic impact.