He is a Technical Consultant for University Governance and Management, Karamoja Peace And Technology University.

Arthur Ahimbisibwe (PhD) is a distinguished professor, consultant, and accomplished academician with a professional and ethical record in Management. Prof. Ahimbisibwe holds a PhD in Procurement and Supply Chain Management from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management with a distinction from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and a First-Class Degree in Bachelor of Business Administration specialising in Procurement and Supply Chain Management also from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. He also possesses professional qualifications such as being a certified member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and supply-MCIPS (UK), a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport-FCILT (UK), a certified member of Project Management Institute-PMI (UK) among other qualifications.

1. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, PhD in Procurement and Supply Chain Management.
2. Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, Master of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Distinction*)
3. Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, Bachelor of Business Administration (First class degree*)
4. Project Management Institute, (PMI) UK, Certified Member, Project Management Institute, (PMI) UK.
5. Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, UK, Certified Member, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), UK.
6. Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics Management, UK, Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics Management, (FCILT) UK.
7. New Zealand Social Statistics Network (NSSN), Certificate, Structural Equation Modelling using AMOS.
8. Nganwa High School, Kabwohe, Uganda, Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).
9. Ntare School, Mbarara, Uganda, Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE).

Professor Arthur Ahimbisibwe (PhD) has over seventeen (17) years of teaching experience in universities, of which six (06) years have been spent in senior management positions. He has served in various managerial positions as a Dean of School of Postgraduate Studies, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics (DVCA), Ag. Vice Chancellor (VC) and Academic Regisrar (AR). He has promoted learning in a competitive environment.

He has a proven capacity to promote learning, teaching, research and development in any environment. Summary of previous employment details of work history starting with the most recent employer is shown below.

1. Professor/Academic Registrar, Victoria University, Victoria Towers, 1-13 Jinja Road, Kampala PO Box 30866

Main Duties:

• Providing leadership and overall management to the Academic Registrar’s office.
• Coordinating all academic matters, admissions, registration of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the students’ record system for managing admissions, enrollment, registration assessment, progress and graduation.
• Ensure that relevant, accurate and detailed student data to support university’s decision making.
• Ensure coordination and management of all university examination processes, research, regulations, syllabi and staff development.
• Secretary to Senate and its subcommittees and advisor on academic regulations and programmes.
• Custodian of student’s records including minutes of senate.
• Ensure production of academic transcripts and certificates.
• Ensure that academic ceremonies such as graduation are successfully organised.
• Be responsible for collaborative linkages with other institutions and organizations.

2. Ag. Vice Chancellor (VC)/Professor, University of Kigali (Rwanda), P.O. Box 2611, Kigali-Rwanda,

Main Duties:

• Providing academic and administrative leadership to the whole University;
• Representing the University externally, both within the country and overseas;
• Securing finances to allow the delivery of the University’s mission, aims and objectives;
• Carrying out any important ceremonial and civic duties and any other duties assigned by University Council.

Reason for leaving:

Outbreak of Corona Virus led to the uncertain closure of the university and I had to return back home in Uganda.

3. Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics (DVCA)/Professor, University of Kigali, P.O. Box 2611, Kigali- Rwanda.

Main duties:

• Deputising and assisting the Vice-Chancellor in the performance of his functions related to the academic affairs of the University.
• Advising the Vice-Chancellor on policy matters relating to academic staff, students and academic programmes.
• Leading and overseeing the establishment of systems and processes for planning, development and review of academic programmes of the University.
• Supervising the Deans, Directors, HoDs, senior academics, etc., and in this regard, ensure proper implementation of curricula in all Colleges and Schools of the University.
• Coordinating, in conjunction with Schools, Faculties, Departments, and Human Resource office the system of staff recruitment, appraisal, retention, identifying staff development and promotion needs and making relevant recommendations.
• Ensuring maximum compliance in the setting and marking of all examinations in accordance with the University academic policies and guidelines.
• Promoting partnerships and networks for academic growth and transformation of the University.
• Performing any other function as may be assigned by the VC.

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well and I was promoted to the position of the Ag.VC.

4. Dean/Professor, School of Post Graduate Studies, University of Kigali, P.O. Box 2611, Kigali- Rwanda.

Main duties:

• Development and implementation of university and faculty policy on postgraduate.
• Interaction with students and staff within the faculty.
• Liaison within and between faculties
• and Chairing/attending meetings/ committees and any other duties assigned by DVCA (for more details please refer to the attached appointment letter for Dean)

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well and I was promoted to the position of the DVCA

5. Associate Professor, School of Post Graduate Studies, University of Kigali, P.O. Box 2611, Kigali- Rwanda.

Main duties:

• Conducting research and supervising research of postgraduate students.
• Development of curricular.
• Teaching and training.
• Setting, invigilating and marking exams.
• Chairing/attending meetings/ committees and any other duties assigned by Dean SPGS, DVCA/VC.

Reason for leaving:

Performed well and I was promoted to Professorship and appointed to the position of the Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies.

6. Head of Department, Procurement and Logistics Management/Ag. Dean, FCMS, Makerere University Business School, P.O. Box 7062,
Kampala, Uganda.

Main duties:

• Academic and Administrative head of the department.
• Promoting efficient teaching.
• Development of curricular.
• Conducting research and promoting knowledge in the subject areas.
• Supervising field attachments.
• Teaching, setting and moderation of exams and marking.

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well and I was promoted to the position of a Professor/Dean.

7. Senior Lecturer, Department of Procurement and Logistics Management at Makerere University Business School, P.O. Box 7062,
Kampala, Uganda.

Main duties:

• Conducting research and supervising research of students.
• Teaching and training.
• Development of curricular.
• Supervising field attachments.
• Setting, invigilating and marking exams.
• Attending meetings and any other duties assigned by HoD.

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well and I was promoted to the position of a Professor/Dean.

8. Lecturer, Department of Procurement and Logistics Management at Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062,
Kampala, Uganda.

Main duties:

• Conducting research and supervising research of students.
• Teaching and training.
• Supervising field attachments.
• Development of curricular.
• Setting, invigilating and marking exams.
• Attending meetings and any other duties assigned by HoD/Dean.

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well, when completed PhD I was promoted to the position of a Senior Lecturer.

9. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Procurement and Logistics Management at Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.

Main duties:

• Conducting research and supervising research of students.
• Supervising field attachments.
• Teaching.
• Invigilating and marking exams.
• Attending meetings and any other duties assigned by HoD.

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well and upon completion of masters I was promoted to the position of a Lecturer.

10. Teaching Assistant, Department of Procurement and Logistics Management at Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.

Main duties:

• Conducting research and supervising research of students.
• Supervising field attachments.
• Teaching.
• Invigilating and marking exams.
• Attending meetings and any other duties assigned by HoD.

Reason for leaving:

Performed very well and upon my enrollment to master’s programme I was promoted to the position of a Assistant lecturer.

Career Objective:

To secure a responsible career opportunity to fully utilize my training and skills while making a significant
contribution to the success of the organization.

Personal Skills and Competences:

• Research skills:

I have proven experience with excellent record of conducting research, promoting research collaborations, coordinating research and facilitating research both locally and internationally, with exceptional ability to work in a multi- cultural/diverse environment. I have broad knowledge of the national, regional and international standards, norms, ethics and practices as they relate to conducting quality research.

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Skills:

I possess superior and unique skills in ICT applications. I have advanced knowledge of Microsoft office suit applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as internet, Zoom, Skype, etc. I’m also very familiar with other many advanced software packages for research and data analysis such as the Statistical Package for the Social Scientists (SPSS), Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM).

• Communication and Interpersonal Skills:

I have good communication and people skills with strong leadership. I’m a renowned confident public speaker, able to present conceptions to both technical and non-technical audiences. I possess very good written and spoken communication skills with ability to listen. I’m highly skilled at developing and maintaining relationships with senior management, colleagues, subordinates and the public at large.

• Planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation:

I possess outstanding knowledge in setting plans, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Conversant with measurement of actual impact against agreed plans of the organization.

• Administrative and organizational skills:

I’m an individual with goal centricity committed to turning vision into reality with a special passion for value adding activities. Capable of initiating,
supporting and directing group dynamics towards achievement of organization’s goals through maximization of management skills, quality assurance, program development and training experience.

• Performance measurement:

Am capable of defining and developing strategic performance metrics in aspects of management, collection and analysis of data, prioritizing and forming corrective action.

• Conceptualization and specification skills:

I have got enhanced skills in problem conceptualization, operationalization and measurement. I have developed skills in delineation of issues, clarification of goals and objectives that need to be pursued.

• Strategy formulation and design:

I have ability to formulate appropriate actions that management can take to attain the goals of their firms in areas of management. I’m conversant with strategies to create stakeholder value at an acceptable level of operational efficiency.

• Personal Integrity:

I’m a very honest person who is always consistent and uncompromising in adhering to strong moral and ethical principles and values.

• Conflict management skills:

I possess very good conflict management skills.

Prof. Ahimbisibwe has a proven experience with excellent record of conducting research, promoting research collaborations, coordinating research and supervising research both locally and internationally, with exceptional ability to work in a multi- cultural/diverse environment. He has more than sixty (60) research articles which are published in the best international journals in the world.

Some of the key top most research journals in the world where his work has been published include: Journal of Strategy and Management, Journal of African Business, Journal of Public Procurement, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Records Management Journal, European Journal of Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Operations and Logistics Management, International Journal of Supply Chain Management, European Journal of Business and Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, European Journal of Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Journal of Management, Journal of Public Procurement and Contract Management, among others.

For more details: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arthur-Ahimbisibwe-2

Selected Research Publications

Selected Refereed International Journal Articles:

Ahimbisibwe, A., Daellenbach, U., & Cavana, R.Y. (2017). Empirical Comparison of Traditional Plan-Based and Agile Methodologies: Critical Success Factors for Outsourced Software Development Projects from Vendors’ Perspective. Journal of Enterprise Information Management (Emerald), 30 (3): 400-453. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JEIM-06-2015-0056

Ahimbisibwe, A., Cavana, R.Y., & Daellenbach, U. (2015). A Contingency Fit Model Of Critical Success Factors for Software Development Projects. Journal of Enterprise Information Management (Emerald), 28 (1): 7-33. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JEIM-08-2013-0060

Ahimbisibwe, A. (2014). The Influence of Contractual Governance Mechanisms, Buyer–Supplier Trust and Supplier Opportunistic Behavior on Supplier Performance. Journal of African Business, 15:2, 85-99 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15228916.2014.920610

Ahimbisibwe, A., & Nangoli, S. (2012). Project Communication, Individual Commitment, Social Networks and Perceived Project Performance. Journal of African Business, 13 (2):101-114. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15228916.2012.693436

Ahimbisibwe, A., Muhwezi, M., & Nangoli, S. (2012).Outsourced Contracts, Buyer-Supplier Trust, Supplier Opportunistic Behavior and Supplier Performance in Ugandan Public Procuring and Disposing Entities (PDE’s). Journal of Public Procurement, 12 (4):435-470. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-12-04-2012-B001

Tumuhairwe, R., & Ahimbisibwe, A. (2016). Procurement Records Compliance, Effective Risk management and Records Management Performance: Evidence from Ugandan Public Procuring and Disposing Entities. Records Management Journal (Emerald), 26(1): 83-101. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/RMJ-06-2015-0024

Nangoli, S., Ahimbisibwe, A., Namagembe, S., & Bashir, H. (2013). Social Networks: A strategy for Enhancing Project Stakeholder Commitment.
Journal of Strategy and Management (Emerald), 6(4): 399-410. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JSMA-02-2013-0012?fullSc=1

Kansiime, D., Ntayi, J., & Ahimbisibwe, A. (2017). Contractual Governance Mechanisms, Dynamic Capabilities, Transactional Specific Relationships and Supplier Performance in Uganda. In Global Public Procurement Theories and Practices; Springer International Publishing AG. Editors: Thai, Khi.V (Ed.). eBook ISBN 978-3-319-49280-3; Number of Pages XIV, 339; Pages 139-155. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319492797

Ahimbisibwe, A., Ssebulime, R., Tumuhairwe, R., & Tusiime, W. (2016). Supply Chain Visibility, Supply Chain Velocity, Supply Chain Alignment and Humanitarian Supply Chain Relief Agility. European Journal of Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management,4 (2): 1-10.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Omudang, S., Tusiime, W. & Tumuhairwe, R. (2016). Information Technology Capability, Adoption, Logistics Service Quality
and the Performance of Third Party Logistics Providers, International Journal of Operations and Logistics Management, 5(1): 16-41.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Tusiime, W., & Tumuhairwe, R. (2015). The Moderating Influence of Inherent Project Risk on the Relationship between Project Planning and Perceived Project Success. International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 4(3): 69-77.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Tumuhairwe, R., & Tusiime, W. (2015). Mediating influence of Individual Commitment and Social Networks on the relationship
between Project Communication and Perceived Project Performance: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. European Journal of Business and Management, 7, (23): 126-135.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Tusiime, W., & Tumuhairwe, R. (2016). Adoption of E-Procurement Technology in Uganda: Migrating from the Manual Public
Procurement Systems to the Internet. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 3 (1):1-23.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Tusiime, W., & Tumuhairwe, R. (2015). Contractual Governance Mechanisms and Supplier Delivery Performance: Testing
mediating effects of Buyer-Supplier Trust and Supplier Opportunism. European Journal of Business and Management, 7 (24):94-111.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Ssentamu, A., & Mulekezi, B. (2019). Supplier Delivery Performance of Public Procurement Contracts in Ugandan Central
Government Procuring and Disposing Entities (PDEs). European Journal of Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, 7 (3):12-39.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Baluka, M., & Mulekezi, B. (2019). Contractuctual Governance Mechanisms, Whistleblowing, Contract Monitoring and Contractor Performance of Works. European Journal of Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, 7 (3):40-67.

Ahimbisibwe, A.,Tumuhairwe, R., & Tusiime, W.(2016). Feedback on Formative Assessments and Student Satisfaction with Feedback: Graduate students’ Perceptions of Feedback in a Ugandan University. Journal of Management, 4 (1):1-14.

Muhwezi, M., & Ahimbisibwe, A. (2015). Contract Management, Inter Functional Coordination, Trust and Contract Performance of Works Contracts in Ugandan Public Procuring and Disposing Entities. European Journal of Business and Management, 7 (20):76-86.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Muhwezi, M., & Eyaa, S. (2012). Supplier Opportunism, Contract Management and Service Delivery in Outsourced Contracts in Public Procuring and Disposing Entities (PDE’s) in Uganda. Journal of Public Procurement and Contract Management, 1(1): 64-84.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Nangoli, S., & Tusiime, W. (2012). Mediating Effects of Network Degree and Network transitivity on the Relationship between
Project Communication Strategies and Perceived Project Success. International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2 (2): 01-10.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Nangoli, S. & Tusiime, W. (2012). Formal Contractual Governance Mechanisms, Contract Contingencies, Inter-Organizational
Trust, Supplier Opportunism and Outsourcing Performance. International Journal of Business and Behavioural Sciences, 2(9):7-20.

Ahimbisibwe, A., & Nangoli, S. (2012). Social Networks: Mediator of Project Communication and Perceived Project Success. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2 (20):73-85.

Ahimbisibwe, A., & Muhwezi, M. (2012). The Effect of Vertical Collaborations, Buyer-Supplier Compliance and Contract Performance in Public
Procuring and Disposing Entities (PDEs) in Uganda. A Case of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Uganda. Operations Research Society of Eastern Africa Journal, 2(1):21-54.

Ahimbisibwe, A., Nangoli, S., & Tusiime, W. (2013). Project Communication and Perceived Project Performance: The Mediating Influence of Individual Commitment in Uganda’s Citizenship Projects. Operations Research Society of Eastern Africa Journal, 3(3): 1-22.

Tusiime, W., Ahimbisibwe, A. & Nangoli, S. (2013). Relationship between the Perceived Factors for Effective Logistics and Customer Satisfaction: A Case of Tanzania’s Telecommunication Industry. Operations Research Society of Eastern Africa Journal, ORSEA 10th Anniversary.

Ahimbisibwe, A., & Nangoli, S. (2012). Using the Behavioural Factors to explain Perceived Project Performance of Ugandan Citizenship Projects: A Multivariate Analysis. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 3 (10):208-224.

Ahimbisibwe, A., & Nangoli, S. (2012). Moderating Effect of Buyer-Supplier Trust on the Relationship between Outsourced Formal Contracts and
Supplier Delivery Performance: An Empirical Study of Public Sector Procurement. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 3 (17):50-71.

Nangoli, S., Namagembe, S., Ahimbisibwe, A. & Bashir Hassan. (2013). The Antecedent Role of Social Networks in Project Communication.
International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2(8): 25-32.

Selected International Refereed Conference Publications: