Milton Steven Owor, PCC

Milton is a Human Resources and Business Management Professional with 20+ years of International work experience with several global multinational companies, including British American Tobacco Plc (BAT), Royal Dutch Shell, and General Electric Company (GE), working in several countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States of America. He has held several senior leadership roles, including Regional Human Resources Director for BAT Eastern & Southern Africa, Regional Human Resources Director for West & Central Africa, among many others. At Shell, he was Regional Human Resources Director for Anglophone Africa, before moving on to join General Electric Company (GE) as the Human Resources Director for Africa.

Experience

After close to 20 years working in different parts of the world, he returned home in Uganda in 2017 to work with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), as the Head of Human Resources and Administration, a position he holds to-date. 

He is a Certified Professional Transformational Coach (Advanced Practitioner) and a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). He holds an MBA (University of Leicester, UK), Certification in Global Business Management (INSEAD, France), Bachelor of Arts Degree(Economics and Public Administration) from Makerere University, among others.

Milton is passionate about growth and transformational leadership, growing leaders and working with individuals and teams to unlock their hidden, often unrecognised, human potential. He is a coach and mentor to many mid and senior level professionals, across the East Africa Region.

Professional Qualifications And Training

• Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) – University of Leicester, UK
• Certification in Global Business Management – INSEAD Business School, France
• Bachelors degree in Economics and Public Administration – Makerere University
• Management Development Course – New York
• Leaders 4 Change Programme – UK
• Senior Management Excellence Programme – UK

Work Experience

2017 – Head of Human Resources & Administration, NSSF Uganda

2014 – Human Resources Director, GE Africa based in Nairobi

2007 – Human Resources Director, Anglophone Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, based in Nairobi

2005 – Human Resources Director, West & Central Africa, British American Tobacco, based in Dakar

2004 – Human Resources Director, Eastern& Southern Africa, based in Nairobi

2001 – Human Resources Director, Eastern Africa, British American Tobacco, based in Nairobi

2000 –  Head of Human Resources, Uganda, British American Tobacco Uganda

1998 – Training & Development Manager, Eastern Africa, based in Nairobi