Makerere Law Professor Appointed to University of Leeds Advisory Board

Dr Winnie Tarinyeba Kiryabwire, an Associate Professor at Makerere University School of Law, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Centre for Business Law and Practice (CBLP) at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

Her appointment places a Ugandan legal scholar at the heart of an international forum shaping research and teaching in corporate and business law.

A corporate, banking, and insolvency law expert with more than 20 years of professional experience, Dr Tarinyeba will join a team of global academics and professionals advising the centre’s agenda.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University, a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge, and both a Master of the Science of Law and a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) from Stanford Law School, where she was also a SPILS Fellow.

She additionally earned a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.

At Makerere, she teaches Corporate Finance Law, Corporate Governance, Law of Banking, and the Law of Business Associations in the Commercial Law Department.

She is a Commonwealth and Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences, and a certified director with the British Institute of Directors.

Her professional influence extends beyond academia.

She serves as an independent director in private, public, and not-for-profit organisations and has held fellowships including the Robert S. McNamara Fellowship of the World Bank, the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies Fellowship, and the Cambridge Commonwealth Society Fellowship.

Dr Tarinyeba is also active in several international bodies such as INSOL International, the International Insolvency Institute, the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative, and the Academic Coordination Committee for the Postgraduate Insolvency Program at National Law University, Delhi.

Confirming her appointment, Dr Tarinyeba said she was “honoured to join the advisory board of the Centre for Business Law and Practice” and looked forward to working with fellow members and staff.

The CBLP described her as a valuable addition to its Advisory Board, which already includes experts from Norton Rose Fulbright, the OECD, UNIDROIT, and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.