John is the Country Director of TradeMark East Africa in Tanzania. Before joining TradeMark East Africa, he was the Vice President, External Affairs and Sustainability for BG East Africa. Before joining BG East Africa, Mr. Ulanga was the Executive Director of the Foundation for Civil Society, and before that he worked with the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF). Previously, Mr. Ulanga worked with the Ministry of Finance and Planning as part of the team that introduced Integrated Financial Management System in the Government.
Mr. Ulanga is the Chairman of the University Council of the Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar es Salaam; Chairman of the Board of Serengeti Breweries Limited, Member of the Board of East African Breweries Limited, and Member of the Board of Mwananchi Communications Limited. Mr. Ulanga is the School Board Chairman for Azania Secondary School and a Member of the Africa Policy Advisory Board for ONE Campaign. He is also a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative in East Africa and the Aspen Global Leadership Network of the Aspen Institute, Colorado, USA and a Senior Fellow of the Centre on Philanthropy and Civil Society Studies at the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York. Mr. Ulanga is a Fellow of the Synergos Institute in New York, an alumnus of both the International Visitors Leadership Programme of the US Department of State and the British Council InterAction Leadership Programme.
Mr. Ulanga holds a B.Com (Accounting) from the University of Dar es Salaam, an Executive Master in Development Policies and Practices from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA Tanzania). Mr. Ulanga is also a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and a Certified Compliance Professional.