Ms Jane Okelowange

Jane Okelowange is a member of the Leadership Code Tribunal. She is a lawyer by profession. She is also an enrolled Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate. She holds a Diploma in Legal practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala.

Jane is certified to conduct Fraud examination under the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training education and certification. To further her skills Jane is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Makerere University Business School, (MUBS).

Jane is passionate about managing financial loss and accountability. She possesses a wealth of experience in conducting Forensic Investigations spanning Twenty-one years (21), specializing in ‘white collar crimes’, having investigated fraud incidents like Corruption and Bribery, Theft and other forms of staff misconduct and malpractice in the financial services sector. She spent Fifteen years in Stanbic Holdings Uganda Ltd, a member of the Standard Bank Group initially in the Audit Department and subsequently in the Group Investigations and Fraud Risk Department.

Prior to this she worked in Uganda Revenue Authority for six years (6), in the Commissioner General’s office also conducting tax investigations majorly on staff misconduct and malpractice in the Customs Department and general maladministration.

Jane brings on board combined experience in analytical and Forensic investigations reports, Forensic Audit Reports in both private multi-national and public entities. She is also good at financial fraud examination, managing risk and handling Disciplinary Enquiries. She has testified in court on several forensic investigations that she undertook over the years, some of public interest.

While in Stanbic Bank Holdings Bank, Jane attended several courses in the areas of Fraud Investigations, Analytics, Digital Forensics and Fraud Detection, Leadership and Governance and Anti-Money Laundering at the Standard Bank’s Global Leadership Center in South Africa. In addition, Jane has kept abreast with continuous Professional Development in fraud management and compliance.

She also worked as a State Attorney, conducting criminal prosecutions, in the Department of Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda immediately after completing her Degree in Law, she worked shortly in chambers as a legal officer in, N.K. Radia and Co. Advocates.

Jane attended Mt. St. Marys College Namagunga for both her Ordinary and Advanced level of secondary school.

From 2016- 2020, Jane provided leadership as a board member in charge of treasury to FIDA (Uganda), Association of Women Lawyers in Uganda and Uganda Land Alliance from 2018 – 2021. The two are both civil society organisations.

Jane is also a member of the following professional Bodies, Certified Fraud Examiners -, (Uganda Chapter), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – (ACFE, USA), Uganda Law Society – (ULS), The Institute of Internal Auditors, (Uganda Chapter), and Jonam Women’s Association – (JOWA).