MEET OUR ENTREPENEURs

Prior to his finance career, Eric spent 9 years in the United States Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, where he flew F-14 Tomcats. He serves on the Board of Volunteers of America, Greater New York. Eric and his wife KC are very early funders and have been to Uganda with their children to see Hiinga’s work. Eric is not just a cheerleader, but a constant soundboard and critic of Hiinga’s model and interventions to ensure great impact outcomes. He earned a BS in Industrial Systems Engineering from University of Florida and an MBA from Jacksonville University.

She is the recipient of several awards including fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowship at Princeton, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study Center, and the Djerassi Resident Artist Program. She has been the Genest Global Faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, the Visiting Gladstein Human Rights Professor at the University of Connecticut, and the Manager for the World Bank Gender and Law Program. She is the founder of the Institute for Research on African Women, Children and Culture, and leads efforts to stimulate the growth of indigenous philanthropy in Nigeria.

He has worked overseas in Africa and Asia having spent 3 years in Kigali, Rwanda as a Managing Director of URWEGO Community Bank, as a technical advisor for CARE Zimbabwe, and as a Microfinance advisor in Phom Penh, Cambodia. He is a speaker and passionate advocate for the poor, and is author of several books including Mission Drift, The Poor Will Be Glad, 40/40 Vision, The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good, Entrepreneurship for Human Flourishing, and The Giver and The Gift. He is a regular advisor and encourager to Hiinga.

Besides Simba Telecom and Protea Hotels, Patrick founded Electromaxx Ltd, a 70 megawatt electric power station, Simba Mining, Simba Tours, Simba Forex, and Simba Dairy Farm. He started and sold Commercial Microfinance Ltd. He is the chairman of several boards of companies, and sits on the board of the Commonwealth Business Council. He is the honorary consul of Australia to Uganda, chairs the board of Cure Hospital in Uganda, a . He and his wife Carol founded the Patrick & Carol Bitature Foundation which focuses on education and life-saving healthcare initiatives.

His joining of Willingdon is a reunion with long-time friend and former colleague Ted Ake. Ham earned his BA in Economics and German from Washington and Lee University and his MBA in Finance from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Ham and his wife, Kiki, have three children (one in college, two in high school).  Ham is a sometime musician and cyclist and is actively involved in his church as well as Hiinga, and Habitat for Humanity. Ham joined Willingdon in October 2018 and works on the Equity Option and Fixed Income portfolio strategies and with the client services team.

Kaberuka’s leadership was particularly characterized by a “big push” on the private sector and leading from the front on infrastructure. Patrick also served as Governor for Rwanda for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank from 1997 to 2005. His private interests include classical music and wildlife conservation. He currently serves on the boards the Mandela Institute, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Centum Investments, and was on the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum.

Mallory was a 2011 Teach for America corps member, serving as a high school Spanish teacher in the Anacostia Ward of Washington, DC. Mallory has spent the last ten years developing the instructional, operational, and financial systems required to bring ODA’s tutorial-based system to life. Her experience with the Oxford tutorial system as a graduate student, as well as her instructional design background as a high school Spanish teacher and Department Chair provide her foundation for this work. Mallory is a Praxis Fellow.

He has previously served on the Uganda Securities Exchange Governing Council, was the managing director of First Renaissance Securities and has worked as a consultant on various business and infrastructure financing projects in the African region. Keith obtained his MBA at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, a BA in Commerce from Uganda’s Makerere University, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Throughout his career though, Parker has had a passion for economic development in Africa, having started as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya and more latterly as a supporter of multiple African micro-finance institutions.  Parker is helping some of Hiinga’s clients with strategic advice and support as they work through growth and funding strategies. Parker earned his BA in International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon and his MBA in Finance at the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Charlotte with his wife.