Mr. Abdul Samji
Chairman
Mr. Samji is a Certified Public Accountant and Management Consultant by profession, and a former Managing Partner of PKF Kenya, a firm of Certified Public Accountants. He was appointed to the DTB Kenya Board in 1997. He is a B.Com (Hons) graduate, Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. Mr. Samji is a past District Governor of Rotary International, District 9200, and is a Trustee for several institutions involved in charitable and service activities. Mr. Samji is also a director of the Kenya Tourist Board.
Mr. Thobani
Deputy Chairman
Mr. Thobani was appointed the Deputy Chairman of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited in 2000. He is an established business man and Managing Director of Fourways Group of Companies whose companies deal in baking and confectionary, coffee processing for export, fish processing for export, pesticides formulation, farming, and property development.
Ms. Nasim Devji
Group CEO & Director
Mrs. Devji, joined the DTB group in 1996. In 2001, she was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of the Diamond Trust Banks in East Africa. Prior to joining the DTB group, she worked in the United Kingdom for 25 years in the accountancy profession and as a taxation specialist in the oil industry.
Mrs. Devji is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, an associate of the Institute of Taxation (United Kingdom) and a Fellow of Kenya Institute of Bankers. Mrs. Devji is a director of DTB Tanzania, DTB Kenya, DTB Uganda, DTB Burundi and Diamond Trust Insurance Agency Limited. She is also director of Development Credit Bank Limited, India and a member of the Deposit Protection Fund Board, Kenya.
Mr. Mahmood Hudda
Non- Executive Director
Mr. Hudda was appointed a Non executive director of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited in June 2000. An established businessman, Mr. Hudda is Managing Director of Mairye Estates, a flower producing and export company. He is also involved in the property development, entertainment and meat processing industries in Uganda.
Mr. Hudda has held various positions in the AKDN network, having been Vice Chairman of Aga Khan Foundation, Uganda and a Director of Aga Khan Education Services, Uganda in the past. Mr. Hudda holds a Masters Degree in Community Health (University of Toronto, Canada) and a Bachelors Degree in Biopsychology (University of British Columbia, Canada) and did his internship with Aga Khan Health Services, Kenya.
Capt Gad Gasatura
Non- Executive Director
Mr. Gasatura was appointed a Non executive director of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited in February 2001. He has a Msc. in Transport Management. He has been a director of Barclays Bank Uganda Limited and Civil Aviation Authority. He is currently a director at the Uganda Institute of Corporate Governance.
Mr. Gasatura is a former member of Parliament of Rushenyi, Ntungamo District, a pilot/engineer with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF/US), a Uganda government pilot as Assistant Superintendant of Police.
Mr. Varghese Thambi
Chief Executive Officer & Country Manager
A senior banker with 34 years of experience in the Indian banking industry, Mr. Thambi, was appointed CEO of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited (DTBU) on July 11, 2007. Prior to joining DTBU, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Retail Banking of a leading private sector bank in India.
Prior to this, Mr. Thambi held the positions of Head of Banking Operations and Head of Inspection and Audit of the bank. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, a Masters degree in cyber laws (Nalsar University, Hyderbad, India) and post- graduate diploma Oracle Financials (from Oracle Corporation, U.S.A.)
Mr. George Saidi Mashashi
Executive Director
A senior banker with 30 years of experience in the banking industry, Mr. Mashashi was appointed to Executive Director of Diamond Trust Uganda Limited in October 2005.Prior to joining DTBU he was employed by Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited and Commercial Bank of Africa Limited. He holds a Diploma in Business Administration.