2015 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition
 


Title
Assistant Commissioner
Company
Customs Audit Division, Uganda Revenue Authority
Bio

Dicksons is currently the Assistant Commissioner Customs Audit at the Uganda Revenue Authority(URA), a Senior Management position that deputizes the Commissioner Customs and oversees the a division responsible for Post Clearance Audit Function and the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program.


He is also a steering committee member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) – East African Community (EAC) Project that is undertaking trade facilitation initiatives in the EAC Region including the Regional AEO Program.


With over 8 years’ experience at the Revenue Authority, he started work as a Customs Auditor and later on as a Supervisor Tax Investigations where he oversaw investigations into tax fraud and avoidance schemes.


He is an expert in Post Clearance Audit and Risk Management. Has been involved in coordinating several IMF Missions at the authority and well as Facilitated Strategic Workshops and Dialogue on behalf of the WCO/World Bank in Swaziland.


He is also a Fellow and a Leadership and Management Development facilitator and trainer, where he has facilitated a WCO Fellowship in Brussels as well as several leadership development programs at the URA involving middle level managers and supervisors.


He has also represented the East and Southern African Region at the WCO for 2 years as a member of the WCO Finance Committee in addition to participating twice as a speaker at the WCO Global AEO Conferences in Seoul and Madrid in 2012 and 2014 respectively. He is also currently a Trustee overseeing a 22 million USD staff retirement scheme at the Uganda Revenue Authority, where he also chairs the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees.


Dicksons has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) Finance, a Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) Hons from Delhi University, INDIA and a Diploma in Management Information Technology from The Indian Institute of Management and Technology.


On a personal note, Dicksons is married with 2 Daughters, loves exercises and sports and is aRotarian.