{{Short description|Ugandan businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = George Baguma | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1955}} | birth_place = Uganda | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = '''Makerere University'''<br/>{{small|(Bachelor of Science)}}<br/>{{small|(Diploma in Education)}}<br/>'''Imperial College London'''<br/>{{small|(Master of Science in Entomology)}}<br/>{{small|(Doctor of Philosophy in Parasitology)}} | occupation = Scientist & entrepreneur | years_active = 1980–present | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Investments | title = '''Chief commercial officer'''<br/>CIPLAQCIL | spouse = '''{{small|Mrs. Baguma}}''' }}
'''George W. Baguma''', is a Ugandan businessman and entrepreneur. He is the current chief commercial officer and marketing director at Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited. George Baguma is a founder investor in QCIL and is a member of the company's board of directors. <ref name="Board">{{cite web|url=http://www.ciplaqcil.co.ug/about-us/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Directors: George W. Baguma – Executive Director & Chief Commercial Officer|date=30 November 2013|accessdate=29 March 2015|publisher=Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132145/http://www.ciplaqcil.co.ug/about-us/board-of-directors/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Education== He holds a bachelor's degree and a diploma from Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. He also holds a masters of science in entomology degree and a doctorate of philosophy in parasitology degree from the Imperial College London.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://quality-chemicals.co.ug/data/cboard/5/Mr.-George-W.-Baguma.html | title=Board of Directors: George W. Baguma | publisher=Quality Chemicals Limited | accessdate=29 March 2015 | date=30 November 2013 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030012/http://quality-chemicals.co.ug/data/cboard/5/Mr.-George-W.-Baguma.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Work history== Before 2000, Baguma worked at the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, in the Directorate of Animal Resources, as a deputy commissioner. From 2000 until 2005, he served as the chief commercial officer at Quality Chemicals Limited. From 2005 until 2013, he served as chief commercial officer and director of marketing at Quality Chemical Industries Limited.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=29 March 2015 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/18250-quality-chemicals-to-manufacture-special-arvs.html | title=Quality Chemicals To Manufacture Special ARVs | date=6 October 2011 | newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)| first=Darious | last=Magara}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Morrison | url=http://mobile.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Ingredients/QCIL-expands-ARV-capabilities-in-bid-to-build-in-East-African-market | title=QCIL Expands ARV Capabilities in Bid To Build in East African Market | accessdate=29 March 2015 | date=10 October 2011 | first=Natalie | publisher=William Reed Business Media SAS}}</ref> He is also an investor in the business.<ref name="Board"/>
==See also== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *CIPLAQCIL *Cipla *Frederick Kitaka *Francis Kitaka *Emmanuel Katongole *Luzira *HIV/AIDS Management }}
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==External links== *[http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60687-3/fulltext Tide Turns For Drug Manufacturing In Africa]
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