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Professor Charles Kwesiga

Executive Director

Professor Charles Kwesiga is the Executive Director of Uganda Industrial Research Institute. He is an Industrial Engineer by profession with significant experience as a corporate manager, management consultant, educator and entrepreneur.

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Biography

Executive profile and institutional leadership

Professor Charles Kwesiga is the Executive Director of Uganda Industrial Research Institute.

An Industrial Engineer by profession, he has significant experience as a corporate manager, management consultant, educator and entrepreneur.

As Executive Director, he oversees UIRI activities including technology transfer, technology diffusion, process and product development, business incubation, contract engineering services and applied research and development.

Highly regarded by his peers and other professionals, Professor Kwesiga’s other extra-curricular activities include the following:

Under Prof Kwesiga leadership UIRI was voted a Centre of Excellence in R&D for East African Community (EAC).

Selected contributions

Roles, achievements and areas of service

President of WAITRO (World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisations), an association of 160 member institutions from 70 countries. Focus of the association is to create synergies between its members in their work as Research and Technological Organisations, President from Jan 2015 to Dec 2016

Pioneered the building of Uganda Petroleum Institute, Kigumba (UPIK), as Chairman of a Special Task Force (March 2009 – Nov 2016)

Senior Presidential Advisor (on retainer) for Scientific Innovations, Uganda Government.

Member of Board of Control of the Senior Command and Staff College Kimaka (SCSC) of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). Prof Kwesiga is also a member of teaching staff.

Member and Vice Chairman of the Board for National Enterprises Corporation (NEC), a business arm of UPDF.

Chairman, Board of Governors, Ntare School.

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