Overview:
MMD Steel Group names Ugandan executive Milton Mukula as Commercial and Product Development Lead, overseeing 10 African markets from a new base in Ghana.
MMD Steel Group has appointed Ugandan marketing executive Milton George Mukula as its Commercial and Product Development Lead, a role overseeing commercial operations across 10 African markets.
Mukula will be based in Ghana. From there he will support the group’s commercial teams in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Angola, Mali, Niger, Togo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.
His mandate covers commercial performance, product development, market development, exports, route-to-market and market expansion as the steel manufacturer seeks to grow its presence on the continent.
Mukula joins the group from Uganda Baati Limited, a member of the Safal Group, where he worked for four years in the steel and building solutions sector. He has previously held roles at Bidco Oils Uganda, Uganda Breweries/Diageo and Airtel Uganda, across more than 18 years in sales, marketing and commercial management.
Six of the markets in his portfolio are French-speaking. Before moving into sales and marketing, Mukula studied French for six years and taught the language for two.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Marketing and a Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Transformation in Global Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM-UK), a Diploma in Business Studies from Makerere University and a Certificate in Project Planning from ICDL Africa. He is a CIM professional tutor.
The appointment comes as demand for steel and construction materials across Africa is driven by urbanisation, infrastructure development and housing needs.