Who is Remmie Kisakye?
Remmie is the new CEO of Majestic Brands Limited a company of the Buganda Kingdom.
Majestic Brands Limited (MBL) was established by the Buganda Kingdom to undertake innovative and competitive activities to harness the Buganda Brand. Majestic Brands is mainly responsible for business mobilization, stakeholder management, partnerships, and alliances for Buganda Kingdom.
Experience
Remmie is a chartered marketer with over 15 years’ experience in marketing strategy and communications, brand and product management, advertising and publicity, media sales and buying as well as stakeholder relations.
Prior to Majestic Brands, Remmie served as Head of Brand and Communications at Airtel Uganda for six years and she will be remembered for her key role in uplifting the Airtel Brand under key partnerships including Airtel rising stars, Uganda Cranes sponsorship, the Kabaka birthday run, the Airtel Masaza Cup partnership with Airtel among others.
At Airtel, Remmie also served as Media and Advertising Manager for four years responsible for brand and product advertising, media relationships and communications. She excelled tremendously at this and was elevated to head the Brand and communications department.
Besides telecom, Remmie has worked within the media, real estate, FMCG sectors.
Why Remmie stands out.
From Head of Marketing to now CEO, serving the biggest kingdom ,Remmie is not a new face in Mengo as she is working closely with the kingdom.
Kisakye was nicknamed ‘the deal breaker’ by her team, for the many projects she has worked on and ensured Airtel won big. Kisakye is known for her love for red, football, in general the Buganda Kingdom partnership with Airtel and the K2 deal.
Her tact to turn around product and service communication campaigns has always been commendable. She is known to shake up the floor until success is visible.
Education
Remmie holds an Msc in Marketing. She is a chartered marketer with the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK.,a member of Uganda Marketer’s Society (UMS), American Marketing Association(AMA) and the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI)
