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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a major career milestone that highlights the growing export of top-tier corporate talent from East Africa, seasoned Ugandan marketing and commercial executive Milton George Mukula has been appointed as the Commercial & Product Development Lead for MMD Steel Group.
The prestigious appointment marks a significant transition for Mukula, elevating him from regional corporate management into a high-profile, Pan-African mandate within one of West Africa’s most prominent steel manufacturing conglomerates.
Based out of Accra, Ghana, Mukula will take immediate charge of overseeing and driving MMD Steel Group’s aggressive market expansion. His expansive portfolio will directly support commercial teams across ten African nations, including Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Angola, Mali, Niger, Togo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Burundi.
His core responsibilities will stretch from commercial performance, product innovation, sub-regional exports, and cross-border route-to-market strategies as MMD Steel Group moves to cement its footprint across the continent.
Mukula’s elevation to the Pan-African stage is backed by more than 18 years of cross-sector experience in sales, marketing, and commercial leadership. He has previously held pivotal roles at major household brands, including Bidco Oils Uganda Ltd (FMCG), Uganda Breweries Limited / Diageo (Beverages), Airtel Uganda Ltd (Telecommunications), and Uganda Baati Limited (Steel & Building Solutions).
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), a Master Of Business Administration in Marketing, 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 also a CIM professional tutor, and has taught French language as well before.
