Mary Claire Awor is an experienced Risk Management professional with a proven track record in effectively identifying, managing, and mitigating credit risk, leveraging data-driven decisions, creating synergy between stakeholders to safeguard the bank assets, and ensuring regulatory compliance at Centenary Bank.
Claire currently serves as credit risk manager, and in this role reviews policies, conducts independent risk assessments for loan products, channels, and partnerships, and is responsible for stress testing and risk appetite monitoring. She has a strong staff mentor role, develops training material for both Junior staff, senior staff and externally, and builds strong relationships with her stakeholders.
Prior to this, she worked as a Credit Risk Analyst (2015-2018), overseeing the credit risk portfolio, performing data analysis and reporting, policy reviews, personnel training, and quality assurance of high-risk exposures. She worked as a Commercial Loans Officer and a Micro/Salary loan officer between 2006 and 2015, overseeing loan solicitation, underwriting, and closing.
Claire holds an MBA in Strategy (Edinburgh Business School), is an affiliate of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Uganda (ICPAU), and a Fellow of the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA UK). She has gained additional accreditations in financial risk management, and her academic qualifications include a BA in Social Sciences (Economics/Rural Economy), a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management, certification in Financial Risk and Regulations, and a Certified Risk Analyst, among others.
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