Board Chairperson
Captain Edward Francis Babu
Edward Francis Babu has held various positions both in civil aviation management and civic leadership. In civil aviation, He has attained a wealth of experience nationally and internationally in the management of organizations as a board member and a manager. His experience as senior airline Captain has been for various airlines some of which include: East African Airways, Nigeria Airways, Saudia, Gas and Dairo. Academically, Captain Babu holds an MSc in Entrepreneurial studies, from the University of Stirling, Scotland. In the civic arena he has contributed to national leadership as a Minister of state in various portfolios including Ministries of Works, Housing and Communication, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, and of Education and Sports. This gave him the opportunity to manage policy with the privilege of participating at the highest policy making organ in the Cabinet of Uganda. Currently, he is involved in business ventures and is Chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters.
Dr. Mumtaz Kassam
Dr.Kassam is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and Advocate of the High Court of Uganda. She is currently the Deputy High Commissioner at the Uganda High Commission in Rome. Prior to this post, Dr.Kassam was the Deputy High Commissioner at the Uganda High Commission in London from 2008 to 2011. She has been a Senior Partner of Mumtaz Kassam & Co. Advocates, a Private Law Practice in Kampala since 2008 that focuses on Commercial, Human Rights, general Commercial Law, Land Law and Non Governmental Organisational (NGO) work. She was recently awarded a PhD and completed her PhD thesis at the University of Middlesex.
Catherine Watson
Catharine Watson studied at Princeton University then trained as a nurse in the UK. From 1986 to the present she has lived in Uganda, working first as a foreign correspondent for The Independent, Guardian, Observer and BBC. Then, as the political situation deteriorated in the Great Lakes region, she continued reporting in Rwanda and Burundi through the genocides at the same time as starting a teen sexual paper, Straight Talk in 1993. This grew to be an NGO with 150 staff and a yearly budget of $3 million. It produces newspapers for adolescents, radio shows for youth and parents in 17 languages, and runs a large face-to-face programme, including youth centres in Northern Uganda. For this she was recognised as a social entrepreneur and senior Ashoka fellow in 2006. She also set up a second NGO, Mvule Trust, which has funded 8800 years of education since 2006. She is ambassador for Straight Talk Foundation and Director of Mvule Trust.
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