Standard Chartered Uganda

Standard Chartered Uganda, whose official name is Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited but is often referred to as Stanchart Uganda, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator.

Overview
Stanchart Uganda is a large bank serving large corporate clients, upscale retail customers, and medium to large business enterprises. , it was the third largest commercial bank in Uganda by assets, with an asset base of UGX:3.8 trillion (US$1.072 billion), with shareholders' equity of UGX:937 billion (US$264 million), behind Stanbic Bank Uganda and Centenary Bank. , Stanchart Uganda owned an estimated 16.2 percent of total bank assets in the country. Other credible sources have put the bank's total assets at UGX:3.3 trillion (US$892.1 million), as of February 2017.

History
Founded in August 1912, Stanchart Uganda is the oldest commercial bank in the country and has maintained a continuous banking presence in the country since its founding. In 1998, Stanchart Uganda acquired four branches of the former Uganda Cooperative Bank. As of May 2018, Stanchart Uganda had 9 branches and 29 automated teller machines and employed over 600 people.

Ownership
Stanchart Uganda is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Standard Chartered Bank Group, an international financial services conglomerate, headquartered in London in the United Kingdom.

Branch network
, the bank had a network of interconnected branches at the following locations, arranged alphabetically:


 * 1) Lugogo Branch: Forest Mall, 2-8 Lugogo Bypass Road, Lugogo, Kampala
 * 2) Acacia Branch: Acacia Shopping Mall, Kololo, Kampala
 * 3) City Branch - 9 William Street, Kampala
 * 4) Jinja Branch - 2-4 Grant Road, Jinja
 * 5) Freedom City Branch - 4010 Kampala-Entebbe Road, Namasuba, Kampala
 * 6) Garden City Branch - Garden City Shopping Mall, 64-84 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
 * 7) Speke Road Branch - 5 Speke Road, Kampala Head Office
 * 8) Kikuubo Branch - Kikuubo Lane, Kampala
 * 9) Village Mall Branch - Village Mall, 3 Bandali Rise, Bugoloobi, Kampala

Governance
The chairman of the board of directors is Robin Kibuuka. The managing director is Albert Saltson. Saltson is a native of Ghana and he served as the managing director and chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Gambia, prior to re-assignment to Uganda. During his more than 25 years at Standard Chartered, he has had stints in Ghana and Sierra Leone.