Who is Sharon Kiggundu?
Sharon is the current Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Kabojja International School/, former President Uganda Marketers Society.
Her key responsibilities at the top international school include Protecting and Managing the School’s reputation, collaborating with management to develop and implement communications strategy based on the target audience and contribute to the strategic plan of the school, among others.
She is also mandated to expand the number of applicants in the school while Managing school websites, social media ,writing or producing presentations for both external and internal communication initiatives.
Experience
Her career started at Mantrac Uganda where Sharon served as Sales and Logistics Intern.
Prior to Kabojja International School, Sharon served as Country Sales Manager FINCA Uganda(MDI) for one year(2019) having served as Brand and sales support Manager between 2017 and 2019.
Sharon has since acted for Head of Marketing FINCA Tanzania for a period of one year.
Why Sharon stands out
She was the second President of Uganda Marketers Society since its inception in 2017. Under her leadership, membership increased, over 5 events were introduced to the Society calendar with the most recent being the Pearl of Africa Customer Excellence Awards.
Sharon was in 2021 appointed Senior CIM-UK Ambassador(Uganda,2021-2022) by the Prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing UK among few Ugandans.
Education
Sharon holds a CIM membership status with diploma and a postgraduate diploma in professional marketing(DIPM, MCIM) among her various academic qualifications.