Executive Director

Grace is Executive Director of Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) an association of associations, membership umbrella body for the Uganda private health sector, championing private health sector interests.

Prior to joining UHF, Grace was Assistant General Manager at AAR, the regions oldest HMO for eight years. Initially in the capacity of Customer Care Manager, Grace was responsible for quality service delivery across all AAR facilities, she was promoted to be responsible for the AAR Uganda Operations division contributing to budget management, strategy, and business development. While heading the Operations department Grace was responsible for the supervision of seven departments, formulation and institutionalization of systems and processes to manage the 130 facility Clinic Network, admission case management, member underwriting and supported teams for growth of membership from 9,000 to 40,000, underwriting of existing and new members, customer care and member retention and claims management.

Prior to joining AAR in Uganda, Grace worked for Saatchi & Saatchi in the United Kingdom where she was responsible for, among others, the network coordination for the Global Business Unit of Proctor and Gamble Olay Brand for Central, Eastern Europe and the Middle East (CEEMEA). Grace had previously also been with QG Saatchi & Saatchi in Uganda where she was involved in the planning and coordination of the Head of African Banks Conference which was hosted by the Bank of Uganda in 2003. She was also responsible for the successful planning and implementation of the fortified food programme campaign by MOST Project working with the Ministry of Health and a team of nutritionists from Mulago Hospital. She also worked in the office of the Director of the Photonics Centre at Boston University in Massachusetts.

Grace holds an MA in Administration, specializing in Innovation and Technology from Boston University (USA) and a BA, in Social Work, with Economic and Political Development from Exeter University (UK).