Emmanuel Katongole (businessman)


Emmanuel Katongole is a Ugandan statistician, economist, businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He currently serves as the Executive chairman of Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited. CQCIL is the only company in Sub-Saharan Africa, that is authorized to manufacture triple-combination anti retro-viral drugs. Since 2014, he concurrently serves as the chairman of the Uganda National Oil Company.

Education

He attended Namilyango College for his O Level and A Level education. He studied at Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Statistics. His Master of Arts in Economic Policy and Planning was also obtained from Makerere University. He has attended numerous other short-term courses in Economics, Statistics and Management, from institutions in Uganda and Europe.

Work history

In 1997, Emmanuel Katongole along with Randall Tierney Edward Martin Francis X. Kitaka Frederick Mutebi Kitaka and George Baguma, founded a company called Quality Chemicals Limited. The company specialized in the importation of generic veterinary and human pharmaceuticals from India. Katongole served as managing director & chief executive officer as well as shareholder from 1997 until 2007. In 2004, QCL convinced Cipla, the Indian drug maker, to form a joint venture and set up a pharmaceutical factory in Uganda. Ground was broken in 2005 and the factory was commissioned in 2007. The joint venture was originally known as Quality Chemical Industries Limited. Katongole served as the Chief Executive Officer of QCIL from 2007 until 2013.
In November 2013, Cipla took a controlling majority interest in QCIL, renaming the company CIPLAQCIL and appointing Katongole the Executive chairman of the company. He remains a shareholder in the business. In July 2014, President Yoweri Museveni appointed Katongole to serve as Chairman of the Uganda National Oil Company.

Business Interests

Emmanuel Katongole owns the following businesses either wholly or in part:
He is a member of the Initiative for Global Development – Frontier 100, a group that joins the most successful business leaders operating in frontier markets, with business leaders from Europe and the United States. The Governing Council of IGD is co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and General Colin L. Powell, both former secretaries of State of the United States of America. Emmanuel Katongole is Rotarian and is a member of the Rotary Club of Muyenga. He has also served as the District Governor for Rotary District 9211, which comprises Tanzania and Uganda. In August 2014, Emmanuel Katongole was named Chairman of the Uganda National Oil Company

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