H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni appointed Michael Atingi-Ego as Deputy Governor, of the Bank of Uganda, for a 5-year term, on 23 April 2020.

Executive Director of the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) from September 2018.

Deputy Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund, from June 2008.

Started career at the BoU in August 1984, advancing to Executive Director Research. He researched and published macroeconomic and financial policies and statistics.

Holds a PhD from Liverpool University (1996), an MSc. Economics from the University of Wales (1991), and a BSc. Economics from Makerere University.