Ken Kitariko

Ken Kitariko is a senior financial services expert, bringing regional knowledge, strategic thinking and results- oriented delivery to financial services organisations. 
Kitariko has held various positions over the years, with the majority in the financial services sector. He is Non-Executive Director and Chair, Board Compensation Committee DTB Bank Uganda Ltd. Non-Executive Director and Chair, Board Asset and Liability Committee DTB Bank Uganda Ltd..https://dtbu.dtbafrica.com/board-of-directors. Kitariko is the Founder and Managing Principal of Capital Consultants Uganda, A boutique firm offering a range of financial advisory services including transaction structuring, technical and financial due diligence, early stage enterprise development and capital mobilisation.
He also serves as the Chairman of Ecole Française le Grands Lacs (French school Uganda). The French School of Kampala is part of the French Agency for Education Abroad (AEFE), a unique international network in the world consisting of 492 schools in more than 130 countries.
He attended Saint Joseph’s University, graduating in 1988 with Bsc. Hons(Criminal Justice). In 1998, he enrolled in the University of Essex, graduating in 1991, with a BA Law Honours (LLB). He is also a graduate of the Strathmore business School Private Equity &Venture Capital Executive Program.
==Career==
From 2007 Kitariko served in various executive and management roles at African Alliance where he was responsible for Investment advice and management, company and Industry analysis, client relationship management, presentations to institutions for domestic and international as well as general client service https://www.independent.co.ug/behind-african-alliances-move-to-quit-brokerage-business. )ne of the most decorated
companies in Uganda’s brokerage industryhttps://archives.visiongroup.co.ug/vision/NewVisionaApi/v1/uploads/NV010915pg20.pdf
In 2007 Kitariko led the due diligence process on Nile Bank, a $24 million local commercial bank via an Initial Public Offering. African Alliance’s role in this transaction involved consulting with the shareholders, designing the most appropriate sell strategy, pricing the issue, establishment of an employee share ownership scheme (ESOP), liaising with the relevant regulatory authorities, preparing the listing prospectus, conducting road shows and placing the issue.
In 2008 African Alliance was appointed as Lead Transaction Advisor for a share split undertaken by Bank of Baroda a $90 million Bank of Baroda –: in Uganda, which entailed liaising with all relevant regulators and complying with local Company Law.
Kitariko and African Alliance's impact on the East African financial landscape continued in 2008. African Alliance was one of the participating brokers in the largest IPO in East Africa, the $800 million Safari com Kenya Ltd IPO. African Alliance assisted in raising the KES 50 billion (USD 800 million) from the IPO using their existing retail and institutional client base in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, as well as among his international clients located in Europe, US and Asia.
In June 2009 -African Alliance Uganda was appointed the Lead Sponsoring Broker in the on-going $16 million PTA Bank Bond structuring programme on the Uganda Securities Exchange. As sponsoring broker, African Alliance was responsible for liaising with the Exchange as well as all relevant regulators https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/markets/african-alliance-exits-brokerage-business-1819256. 
With his leadership, African Alliance played a crucial role in the growth and establishment the U.S.E.https://www.use.or.ug/uploads/reports/annual/USE%20Annual%20Report%202019.pdf. Kitariko was an early proponent for the establishment of a formally acceptable rating agency to enable Ugandan businesses to attract foreign investment. https://www.256businessnews.com/ugandan-private-sector-gets-tips-on-venture-capital/. Kitariko played a crucial role in the creation, establishment and implementation of the Automated Trading System of the Uganda Securities Exchange https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/markets/african-alliance-exits-brokerage-business-1819256
Category:Financial services expert