Mr David A. Wandera Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Absa Bank Uganda Mr David A. Wandera is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Absa Bank Uganda. He is a senior banking executive with more than 20 years’ experience across commercial banking, development finance, financial markets, corporate finance, risk management and strategic leadership. Before his appointment as Managing Director, Mr Wandera served as Executive Director and Head of Financial Markets at Absa Bank Uganda, where he led sales and trading across foreign exchange, fixed income, derivatives and interest rate products. He also provided strategic oversight across operations, technology, governance and institutional performance. His earlier career includes senior roles at Barclays Bank Uganda, Stanbic Bank, Citibank, the East African Development Bank and the Bank of Uganda. This experience gives him a strong understanding of Uganda’s financial system, capital markets, regulatory environment and the banking structures required to support private sector growth. Absa Bank Uganda joins UKAIS 2026 as a Gold Sponsor, strengthening the Summit’s banking and finance platform. As part of a major pan-African financial services group, Absa brings institutional capability across corporate banking, business banking, trade finance, financial markets, digital banking and risk-managed capital deployment. At UKAIS 2026, Mr Wandera will participate in the finance and banking panel, contributing practical insight into how banks can support bankable opportunities across sectors, including agribusiness, manufacturing, SME finance, infrastructure, trade finance and digital financial infrastructure. His contribution aligns with the Summit theme, Trade Corridors and Industrial Platforms: From Access to Production, and the wider UKAIS agenda on capital deployment, project liquidity, SME growth, trade corridors and the financial systems required to move African opportunities from pipeline to execution.