Rita Apell Akot

Experience

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  Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited.

  Oct 1999 - Feb 2003

  Systems/Database Administrator
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  CENTENARY RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK

  Sept 2003 - Nov 2005

  Manager Systems Administration

  Sept 2003 to November 2005

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  COMMERCIAL MICROFINANCE

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2006

  Head of Information Technology

  November 2005 to September 2006

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  NILE BANK LTD

  Oct 2006 - Jul 2007

  Head of Information Technology
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  Barclays

  Jul 2007 - Feb 2011

  Head of Information Technology

  Set the strategy and lead the execution of all required activities in the IT area.• Work closely with other departments to ensure the bank delivers world class customer service in a well controlled environment• Be a leader of the business and an integral member of the Operations Management Committee.Facilitate and embed a customer centricity culture throughout IT function• Ensure excellent processing standards.• Work effectively with the Change function to ensure the effective design, development and seamless delivery of change into the end to end service delivery function.Be a role model leader and colleague.• Provide the direction and framework to leverage and maximise both the organizational and people capabilities of the Business.• Lead the T team to a global standard, attracting world class talent, drive performance and consequence management using reward practices to incentivize outstanding performers.• Champion the cultural change needed to reinforce the IT Disciplines and ways of working.• To ensure the IT function delivers the required productivity, cost, service and risk management.• Provide clear direction to service business objectives translating and prioritizing into business performance measures.• Working with the Finance Business Partner to achieve “good value for money” services whilst mitigating risks.• Embed benefits management as best practice & appraise and assess the likely and anticipated benefits of current change activity and the likely impact of potential scenarios.Ensure control everyday in the IT function• Contribute and deliver to the improvement of the risk profile by delivering improved governance, risk management, controls and compliance requirements.• Devise and implement an effective plan to deliver a satisfactory risk and audit profile for IT and achieve audit and assurance targets. Show less

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  East African Development Bank

  Feb 2011 - Aug 2012

  Chief Information Officer

  +Develop and implement an ICT Strategy that is aligned to overall Business strategy of the Bank. +Develop and implement ICT policies, procedures and guidelines to support the Bank’s operations and enable it achieve its strategic objectives.+Initiate process documentation, training adherence and continuous process improvement to standardize ICT practices in EADB that meet its international stature.+Identify and articulate ICT systems requirements for the region, integrate them into the Banks’ work plans, analyze and develop functional specifications, plan and oversee implementation to satisfy those requirements.+Take charge of ICT projects for the Bank as per agreed project management standards to ensure that the high quality standards are delivered and value for money is realised from such projects.+Take accountability for technology risk management. In liaison with the risk management department, identify and control risks in area of responsibility. Deliver improved governance, risk management, controls and compliance requirements to Contribute and continuously improve the department’s risk profile.+Take charge and ensure adequate IT Security coverage is maintained at all areas under the ICT domain including but not limited to data, infrastructure, networks etc.+Lead business continuity and ICT disaster Recovery Planning initiatives and provide both leadership and expertise to implementation in case of an incident.+Keep a clean slate as far as IT audits and Information Risk Management is concerned.+Devise and implement an effective plan to deliver a satisfactory risk and audit profile for IT and achieve audit and assurance targets.+Provide the direction and framework to leverage and maximize both the organizational and people capabilities with IT function to ensure the ICT function delivers the required productivity, cost, and service management. Show less

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  FINCA Impact Finance

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2024

  +IS Strategy Development, process implementation and capacity building.+Support implementation of information systems projects on time, budget and meeting business requirements .+Acquisition, development, administration and support of regional information systems+Ensure the effectiveness of the regional information systems+Ensure that regional level support to subsidiaries is in conformance with established SLAs+Ensure optimum use of IS resources including Staff , Infrastructure , budgets through proactive monitoring routines+Implement best-practice corporate governance, management, organizational structure and procedures, staff development, financial management, and risk management principles,+ Ensure compliance with the Charter/bylaws of the Branch; FINCA and affiliate policies, procedures, plans and agreements; decisions of affiliate governing bodies as well as headquarter and regional office; maintain good coordination with headquarters, and governing bodies. Show less

  • Director Global Data Management

    Jan 2022 - Nov 2024

  • Director Global Program Management Office

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Director of Regional Information Technology- Africa

    Aug 2012 - Jan 2020
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  Uganda Development Bank

  Feb 2022 - now

  Non Executive Director
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  Stanbic Bank Uganda

  Oct 2024 - now

  Chief Information Officer