Dr. Tom Aliti

He was appointed to the Board in December 2022 and is the Chairperson of the Board Audit Committee. He was appointed by UCMB. He serves as the Commissioner of Health Services (Health Sector Partners and Multi-Sectoral Coordination) in the Health Governance and Standards Directorate, Ministry of Health-Uganda, Non-Executive Director of Centenary Bank, and member of the Board of Governors-Arua Regional Referral Hospital. He has over 30 years of experience, of which 15 years have been in decentralized Service delivery before joining the Ministry of Health in 2009. His work experience dates back to 1993 when he worked as a Social Services Coordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) supporting 243,000 South Sudanese refugees in Koboko. He served as Principal Finance Officer and Ag. Assistant Commissioner (Budget and Finance) in the Ministry of Health until 2014 when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Policy and Planning. In addition, Aliti Coordinates the National Health Sector Integrated Refugee Response Plan. His major area of interest is healthcare financing, Health evaluation, and analysis, health systems strengthening, Partner coordination, Health Governance, and regulation, developing Global Health concepts, health-related Humanitarian Services, Public health innovations, and reforms in healthcare delivery mechanisms. Other positions he has held include chairman of the GAVI technical team, Chairman of the National Committee for the development of Universal Health Coverage Road map for Uganda, Focal Person for health resource mapping and tracking in Uganda, and regional chairman for Lions clubs in Uganda. His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics obtained from Makerere University and a Master’s degree in Health Financing and Applied Economics (MSC.) University of Leeds; a post-graduate qualification in professional accounting (CPA), a Master’s of Science in Public Health specialization in Health policy and planning, and an Honorary PhD-Social Work University of Leeds.