Dr Charles Kalinzi (University of Portsmouth) UK

Dr. Charles Kalinzi, PhD is a Senior teaching fellow- Strategic procurement at University of Portsmouth, UK. He is also serving as a course leader for Business and Supply chain Management undergraduate course and Module Coordinator for Strategic Procurement & Negotiation Modules Level 7. His PhD research focused on the topic of exploring the nature, magnitude and quantifying the performance expectations gap in public roadworks projects, using a mixed methods sequential exploratory approach; in trying to understand its causes and potential effects and implications to the public roadworks sector.

Charles completed a PhD in public procurement from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, possesses an MBA in management of Government Procurement from Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands and advanced diploma from chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, UK & a BSc degree in Mathematics & Economics from Makerere University. Charles previously served as a specialist consultant in strategic and operational procurement, lectured purchasing and supply chain management courses at all levels in many Ugandan Institutions of higher learning and served as HOD, Procurement & and Supply chain, from 2006 to 2016, before embarking on a PHD. His current research and publications focus on procurement professionalism, Strategic Procurement & Supply Management related areas. Charles is operationally familiar with the procurement rules of the Ugandan Government, Rwandan, Tanzanian, Malawi, Zambia and Kenya, ADB, SADC and the European Commission, and regularly gets involved in development, implementation and follow-up of procurement training programs and assessing national training needs in procurement & logistics management, policies and strategies to improve Uganda’s public procurement and logistics sub-sector. My research interests in sustainable procurement and social value creation is in line with attainment of SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth (1); SDG 1 - No Poverty (1)
SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production (1); and SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities (1)

Education:

PhD (Procurement Management) 2017 to 2022 Makerere University, December 2022

Maastricht School of Management, & University of Twente, Netherlands 2004 – 2005 Masters Degree in Business
Administration (MBA) majoring in Management of Government Procurement, Makerere University, Uganda 1995 - 1998 BSC (Hons): Mathematics and Economics
Kyambogo University, Uganda 2001 - 2002 Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
Kyambogo University, Uganda. 2002 Certificate in Project Planning & Management (CPPM)