Samuel A. Bakutana

Uganda
Executive Coach Leadership Coach
700 USD per Hour
Samuel A.

Designation

Certified Executive Coach (ICF), Award-winning Leadership Consultant, Lively Facilitator (IAF), Global Speaker, and Author

Certifications

1
Certified Transformative Coach

in 2018 from Coach Masters Academy (Singapore)

2
Certificate in Coaching

in 2020 from Harvard Manager Mentor

3
Certificate of Membership

in 2024 from International Association of Facilitators (IAF)

4
Certificate of Membership

in 2019 from International Coaching Federation (ICF)

5
Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership and Management

in 2020 from Development Associates International with Uganda Christian University

6
Certificate in Strategy and Operations

in 2021 from International Business Management Institute, Germany

7
Certificate in Corporate Governance

in 2025 from Alison Courses

Biography

Samuel is a Certified Executive Coach, trained by Coach Masters Academy (Singapore) and Harvard. He is a Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF); a Global Speaker; and an Award-winning Senior Leadership Consultant, who was the recipient of the Leadership Impact Award 2022 under the Vine Awards.

He is a Member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) where he serves as the Uganda Chapter Chairperson and Country Coordinator. He is this year's Continental Vice Chairman for the IAF Africa Regional Conference in Arusha Tanzania.

Samuel has a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership and Management. He also studied Strategy and Operational Excellence at the International Business Management Institute (Germany).

He is the author and co-author of 26 books (as at July 2025) on leadership and management, business and wealth building, resilience, fatherhood and womanhood, relationships, stress management, goal achievement, etc. Many of his books have become great solutions for both employers and employees, business people and their teams, individuals and groups. The books are now being used as “team reads” for business masterminds and organizational staff book clubs.

Samuel is the CEO of Inspired Leaders International – an international leadership development firm that empowers leaders to transform nations. Under this umbrella, he partners with Business Owners, Senior Executives, Management teams, and other multi-level Leaders to scale up their leadership capacity for personal, institutional, and social transformation. This has made him excellently execute several global roles such as the following:

1. Executive Leadership COACH for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Ghana Health Services; Capital Markets Authority (CMA); “Enabel” the Belgium Development Agency; AAR Services; Grant Thornton International; Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI); Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister; the Kofi Anan Public Health Leadership Fellowship (KA-GLF); University of Sierra Leone; etc.

2. Senior Leadership FACILITATOR for the African Union; the Africa Centre for Diseases Control (CDC); the Government of Japan under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); British Council; Micro Labs India; Parliament of Kenya; Digital Opportunity Trust Canada; Kenya Institute of Management; National Social Security Fund (NSSF); Housing Finance Bank; Diamond Trust Bank; Uganda Red Cross Society; Capital Markets Authority; Equity Bank; KCB Bank; Absa Bank; FINCA Uganda; and hundreds of other entities around the world.

3. Team Building CONSULTANT for Belgium Technical Cooperation (Enabel); Shine Finance; Grant Thornton International; DanChurchAid; Netherlands Development Organization (SNV); Diamond Trust Bank; Airtel Uganda; Uganda Red Cross Society; Uganda Wildlife Authority; Uganda Law Reform Commission; Uganda Breweries Ltd; Prosper Consult; Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP); Travelport; Kenya Commercial Bank; Financial Management and Accountability Program (FINMAP 1); FINCA Uganda; Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) of Uganda; Care for Forced Migrants (CAFOMI); Malaria Consortium; Uganda Insurers Association; Aponye Group; Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT); Ubongo Soft; Uganda Breweries Ltd; etc.

4. Policy Consultant and Mentorship Specialist for Parliament of Uganda; European Union under Edukans – an International NGO headquartered in Netherlands; Kyambogo University Mentorship Program; El-Rehoboth Global Leadership Foundation Nigeria; Church of Uganda; Nation Media Group; Housing Finance Bank; etc.

5. Corporate Panel Moderator and Program Leader for the First High-level National Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Summit by the Judiciary of Uganda and Pepperdine University USA (June 2023); the launch of Justice Yorokamu Bamwiine’s book; plus many other book launches and corporate summits/conference; etc.

6. Uganda’s Ambassador to the Mega Symposium 2022 as one of the 65 global coaches from 54 countries; To mention but a few.

As an electrifying speaker with a special appreciation for the values of integrity, excellence and service, he has helped to build strong teams and empower leaders at many global, national and local institutions, plus many Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of governments in Finance and Banking, Agricultural Research, Wildlife, Virus Research, Capital Markets, Health, Microfinance, Social Security, Education & Sports, Revenue, Tourism, and Accountability.

He is the brain behind the design of about 24 exceptional leadership-development and staff empowerment programs; having featured in 27 media houses around Africa, and sitting on various Boards and Executive Committees in public and private sectors.

He is a husband and father, with a personal goal of being able to always go home every day and actively love his family!

Since June 2022, he volunteers as the Provincial/National President of the Fathers’ Union in Uganda.

He loves playing his guitar and piano, and he recently started learning the saxophone. If swimming and smiling didn’t exist, he claims that he would have invented them!

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