Mrs. Joyce Okello currently serves as the Chief Internal Auditor at Bank of Uganda. She holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance (Makerere University) Msc. Finance in Economic Policy (University of London), Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance (Makerere University), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (Makerere University).
She is also a Chartered Accountant and a member of ACCA, CPA (U) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA.)
Mrs. Joyce Okello has had the previledge to work with with Ernst & Young (Uganda), and thereafter joined Bank of Uganda from 1998 to date. She possesses over 25 years of central banking experience. While at the Bank her key achivements included:
- Spearheading the development of the National Payment Systems Policy that laid the foundation for development and enactment of the NPS Act.
- Spearheading the formulation of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2017-2022.
- Spearheading the implementation of the Kampala Automated Clearing system operated by Bank of Uganda.
- Spearheading the adoption of the Global Internal Audit Standards at Bank of Uganda.