Sanjay Rughani is the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda and Chair of the IFAC Professional Accountants in Business Advisory Group, having been nominated to the group by ACCA in June 2015. He previously served as CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania and has held several senior roles across Standard Chartered since joining the bank in 1999. These include Interim Head of Global Finance Shared Services, Head of Finance Operations and Change Management for Africa, Executive Director Finance for Ghana, Area CFO for Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire, Executive Director Finance for Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania, and Regional Finance Manager for Africa based in London.

He is a Chartered Accountant through the National Board of Accountants and Auditors in Tanzania, an ACCA member, and holds an MBA in Finance, a Bachelor of Commerce, a postgraduate qualification in Human Resource Development, and Fellowship of the Institute of Information Management Africa in Nigeria. He is also a qualified trainer and has supported Standard Chartered Bank’s HIV and AIDS programme.

Sanjay has held several governance and private-sector leadership roles, including Chairman of the CEO Round Table Tanzania, Vice Chairperson of the Tanzania Bankers Association, Non-Executive Director of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, Executive Member of the Tanzania National Business Council, Trustee of the UDOM Endowment Fund, and Non-Executive Director of the Association of Tanzanian Employers. His previous roles also include Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda and Chairman of the Ghana Business Coalition Against HIV & AIDS.

For UKAIS 2026 and the Uganda–UK Mining Week 2026, Sanjay brings deep relevance to discussions on bankability, project finance, commercial banking, governance, risk, investor readiness, financial leadership and capital mobilisation. His banking and finance experience across East, West and Southern Africa positions him strongly to speak on what lenders and financial institutions require from mining, infrastructure, energy and industrial projects seeking serious capital.