Board Chairperson

Victoria is a former Minister of Agriculture in the Uganda government, a post she held from 1986 to 1995. After politics, Victoria became the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Sub Regional Representative to Eastern and Southern Africa, based in Harare, Zimbabwe (1995-2004).

She later served as the FAO’s representative in Ethiopia to the African Union and to the Economic Community for Africa and in October 2006, she became FAO’s representative in China, Mongolia, and South Korea, a post she maintained until her retirement in 2011.

She is the founder of Uganda Community Cultural Centre (operating as Speakers Forum) which promotes reading through community libraries and trains people in debate, public speaking and advocacy.

She is the Chairperson and founding member of Uganda Agribusiness Alliance, Chairperson for the Best Farmer Competition Judging Panel and sits on the Board of the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) among many other senior appointments in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors.