Job Title: chief people and culture officer
Company: National Social Security Fund
Milton Steven Owor is the chief people and culture officer at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Uganda, a role he has held since February 2017.
He has over three decades of HR leadership experience across leading multinationals, including General Electric (GE), Royal Dutch Shell, British American Tobacco (BAT), and Vivo Energy. At GE Africa, he served as regional HR director and later as organisation & talent development leader, driving HR strategies across multiple business divisions.
Previously, Milton led HR functions at Shell and Vivo Energy, overseeing Shell’s divestiture to Vivo and embedding a high-performance culture across Anglophone Africa.
His earlier career at BAT saw him rise from management trainee in Uganda to head of HR for multiple African regions, strengthening leadership pipelines and driving organisational change.
He sits on the boards of Uganda Clays and Great Lions.
Work:
2017 – Present: chief people & culture officer, National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
2014 – 2015: regional human resources director, Africa – General Electric Company (GE)
2013 – 2014: organisation & talent development leader, GE Africa
2011 – 2013: head of human resources – Anglophone Africa, Vivo Energy
2007 – 2012: head of human resources – Anglophone Africa, Royal Dutch Shell
2005 – 2007: head of human resources – West & Central Africa, British American Tobacco (BAT)
2003 – 2005: head of human resources – Eastern & Southern Africa, BAT
2001 – 2003: head of human resources – Eastern Africa Area, BAT
2000 – 2001: head of human resources, BAT Uganda
1998 – 1999: training and development manager, East Africa, BAT
1995 – 1998: head office hr manager, BAT Uganda
1993 – 1994: factory HR manager, BAT Uganda
1991 – 1992: management trainee – human resources, BAT Uganda
Education:
MBA strategic human resource management, University of Leicester, UK
Certificate in global business leadership, INSEAD, France
Bachelor’s degree in economics and public administration, Makerere University, Uganda
About company: The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Uganda is a government-mandated provident fund that provides social security services to employees in the country. Established by the NSSF Act in 1985, it covers private sector employees and those in non-governmental organisations who are not part of the government pension scheme.
