Evans Mwesigye

A Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), and a holder of MSc in Oil and Gas Economics of the University of Dundee, Evans has a wealth of uninterrupted experience in Tax Administration spanning over two decades at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). He has held technical and managerial roles in business process re-engineering, quality assurance, auditing, withholding tax regimes (taxes at source), VAT, exemption regimes, advisory, business policy and international taxation. He regularly executed challenging assignments in various sectors including, mining, oil and gas, services, and policy development, among others. He has worked extensively with development partners on technical assistance (TA) missions, consultants and other stakeholders to deliver policy proposals for the extractives industry for Uganda. He is a member of the Multi-stakeholder group (MSG) of Uganda’s EITI Project, and the East Africa Revenue Authorities Technical Committee (EARATC).

He possesses invaluable knowledge and exposure in best practices in tax administration, and is passionate about delivering sustainable policy solutions for resource rich developing economies. He is currently Manager for Domestic Taxes Tax Appeals at the Tax Authority. Until recently, Evans has been the Manager in charge of Policy Management and Revenue Monitoring in the Petroleum Division at Uganda Revenue Authority. He is a Certified Trainer of Trainers, and lectures at the Tax Body’s Tax Institute.  He holds a Msc. Oil and Gas Economics, University of Dundee, Sept. 2014; Bsc. (Economics & Statistics), Second Upper, Makerere University, 1994; Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA), Dec, 2016; Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), December 2011; Certified Public Accountant (CPA), December 2011; Postgraduate Diploma in Revenue and Tax Administration (PODITRA), 1997.