David Justin Bakibinga, LLB (Hons) (Makerere University) (1975); Dip. Legal Practice (Law Development Centre, Kampala, Uganda)(1976); MA (Business Law) (Council for National Academic Awards, London)(1978); Ph.D. (Queen Mary, University of London)(1981); Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Uganda, since 1977; Professor of Commercial Law, Makerere University, Uganda, since 1998; Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences(FUNAS), since 2005, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences(FAAS), since 2014 and Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences(FTWAS), since 2016; He has taught at in Ugandan Universities of Makerere(1991- to date) and Christian University, Mukono (2010) and Legal Aspects of Business at the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI), Arusha, Tanzania(1999-2002). He is a former Dean of the Faculty of Law (2002-2003), Director, School of Graduate Studies (2003-2004) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Finance and Administration) (2004-2009), Makerere University, Uganda. He is currently the Secretary-General of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (since October 2016). He is also a substantive member of the Presidential Awards Committee.