Ms. Veronicah Gladys Namagembe is a Doctor of Leadership Candidate and a seasoned microfinance specialist with 21 years hands on experience. She holds a MBA from Durham Business School UK as well as a Masters of Science Finance & Accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration from Makerere University Business School, Uganda.

At present, she holds the position of Managing Director at Pride Microfinance Ltd. Previous to that, she held the position of Acting Deputy Manager and Head of Operations also at Pride. She has also attended various Executive Leadership, Risk Management, Governance and Strategic Training courses from Harvard Kennedy School, Frankfurt School of Finance, Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, Boulder Microfinance Training and School of Applied Microfinance (Mombasa).

She is an Honorary Fellow with Uganda Institute of Banking & Finance Services. She has served as the National President of the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU), a Board Member on Lubiri High School Board and as a Board member of The Uganda Institute of Banking & Financial Services (UIBFS). She is currently a Board member of Uganda Bankers Association representing all supervised Financial institutions under Tier 2 & Tier 3. Professionally, she sits on the board committees for: Risk, Assets & Labilities; Compensation, Human Resource, Administration & Procurement; as well as Strategy and Compliance.