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<span>Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi</span>
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<h1 style="text-align:justify; margin-left:7px"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.1pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Ramathan Ggoobi Professional <span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">Bio</span></span></span></span></span></span></h1>
<ol><li style="margin-right:29px; margin-left:15px; text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">Ramathan Ggoobi is an accomplished economist and policy analyst currently serving as the Permanent Secretary, <i>Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development </i>and Secretary to Treasury of the Republic of Uganda.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-right:29px; text-align:justify; margin-left:15px"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">He has spent most of his career teaching economics at different universities, particularly at <i>Makerere University Business School (MUBS) </i>since January 2008 until he was appointed PS/ST in July 2021.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-right:29px; text-align:justify; margin-left:15px"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">He headed a think-tank—the MUBS Economic Forum—that made groundbreaking research and caused public debates which generated viable policy-related solutions to some of Uganda’s economic <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">challenges.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-right:29px; text-align:justify; margin-left:15px"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">Between September 2017 and September 2020, Ramathan served on the Board of Directors of the <i>Uganda Development Corporation (UDC)</i>, the investment arm of the Government of Uganda. At the end of the term, he was rated the best Director both by fellow Directors and <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Management.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-right:29px; margin-left:15px; text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">Between June 2020 and July 2021, he served as a Senior Presidential Advisor on National Economy and accomplished several tasks assigned to me by H.E. the President.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-right:29px; text-align:justify; margin-left:15px"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">Ggoobi has consulted with several organisations including: the International Labour Organisation (ILO); Overseas Development Institute (ODI) UK; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES); Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU); Action Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), and many others.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-right:29px; margin-left:15px; text-align:justify"><span style="page:WordSection1"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">As PS/ST, Ramathan has set his agenda to reform the national budget to make it more responsive national development priorities, improve</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:29px; margin-left:55px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0cm"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">appraisal and implementation of national development projects, and ensure accountability with measurable results as opposed to paper <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">accountability.</span></span></span></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; text-align:justify; margin-left:7px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Academic <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Qualifications</span></span></span></span></h1>
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<ul style="list-style-type:disc"><li align="left" style="margin-top:8px; text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PhD Candidate, Walden University, USA, on-going since <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2019</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li align="left" style="margin-top:8px; text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MA. Economic Policy and Planning, Makerere University, <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2011</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li align="left" style="margin-top:8px; text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">BA (Economics Major) (Hons), Makerere University, <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2003</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li align="left" style="margin-top:8px; text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Certificate in Energy Economics, Total Global, <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2016</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li align="left" style="margin-top:8px; margin-right:29px; text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="tab-stops:41.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Certificate in Sustainable Development (<i>With Distinction</i>), Columbia University U.S.A, 2015</span></span></span></span></li>
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<div class="field field--name-field-team-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi</div>
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