He started his career with the apex bank (CBN, in 1979) where he rendered his dedicated and meritorious services till he joined Kakawa Discount House Limited in 1995. Through a journey of determination, focus, grace and strength, he developed himself technically and professionally through formal education and hands on training. An orator, executioner and a visionary, he held many offices in the course of work. His office credentials are listless, but worthy of note are his contributions to the Money Market Association of Nigeria (now Financial Markets Dealers Association) when he was the President between 2001 and 2003. Also, he has been an active member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). He is a Fellow of the Institute, where he was entrusted with many responsibilities before he became the President and Chairman of Council in 2010. He has made significant contribution to Nigeria’s services sector, notably through his work during the development of Nigeria’s Financial Systems Strategy 2020 (FSS 2020) as well as during the development of Nigeria vision 2020. Kakawa Discount House Limited leveraged on his technical, managerial and leadership competences all through his career in the Organization. He is indeed a resourceful human capital that any Organization would desire, as he climbed the ladder from a Dealer to the Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer.

He is a graduate of Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and holds a master’s degree in Banking and Finance from University of Lagos. In addition to these academic qualifications, he obtained an MBA from Bangor University in the United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria, Associate Chartered Institute of Bankers Scotland and Member, Instituted of Directors (MIoD). An Economist, Chartered Accountant and Treasurer par excellence, he has vast experience with international perspectives in financial and economic systems. He served in the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) as the Chairman of the Central Organizing Committee for the annual summit 14 as well as the Chairman of the Technical sub-committee for the annual NES 13.

He continued to serve the NESG as a Board Member until his appointment as CEO of the Group. Other Boards on which he sits include Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC), Board of Trustees of Financial Markets Dealers Association and was a foundation Board member of FMDQ OTC Plc. He has attended conferences with world business leaders where ideas and directions were shared. He sits on the Board of different Organizations, and he is a member of reputable professional Institutes and Organizations.

Previously a member of the Policy Planning Staff (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), he was a member of the French delegation at the UN Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems in 2014, 2015 and 2016. A former attaché at the French embassy in Turkmenistan, he was a postgraduate fellow of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, a postdoctoral fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Ulm) and at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, where he taught international humanitarian law, and a Lecturer in international relations at the Department of War Studies of King’s College London. Author of 15 books, recipient of the Académie Française prize for La Guerre au nom de l’humanité. Tuer ou laisser mourir (PUF, 2012).

He recently presented a three part documentary series, My Africa, exploring the social and economic transformation of the continent. Before joining the BBC, Kasujja was the host of Uganda’s leading morning radio program on Capital FM. He presented from Nairobi the East African version of the TV series Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

He also sits in a number of boards (OekoWorld, Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces, Worldwatch Institute Europe among others).