The Managing Director of Uganda Breweries Limited, Mr Alvin Mbugua, has been appointed as the General Manager of Diageo Caribbean and Central America (CCA) effective 1st September 2021.
He joins CCA, the largest beer business in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, after six years at UBL.
Mbugua joined East African Breweries Limited (EABL) in May of 2013 as Group Financial Controller.
In his role as EABL’s Financial Controller, Mbugua was able todrive a culture of accountability and ownership, helping to drive top-line growthof 9% year on year.
He was then appointed as Finance and Strategy Director for UBL in October of 2015, where he played a huge role in the creation of the UBL strategy that generated double-digit growth.
At the start of 2018, he moved again within EABL into a commercial position to lead the Nairobi Sales team for Kenya Breweries Limited, where he deepened the strategic distributor performance and relationships.
He then returned to Uganda in 2019 as Managing Director of UBL. In his current role, Mbugua has been successful in growing significant market share, creating a new leadership team, supercharging Guinness sales, and bringing new purpose, growing production capacity and driving mainstream spirits growth.
All this has been achieved on the backdrop of an unpredictable environment and restrictions on the alcoholic beverage business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to joining EABL, Alvin worked in a number of finance roles across many markets in Africa for such companies as Maersk Logistics and Shell in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. Mbugua’s replacement will be announced in due course, accordi