Bernard is a Senior Partner at CITADEL Advocates and the current President of the East Africa Law Society. He is a certified PPP specialist with over 10 years experience in project finance gained from various advisory roles on government privatisation and PPP projects. He is experienced in evaluating of project proposals, structuring of project financing, negotiating concession agreements as well as carrying out due diligences.

Some of the projects he worked on include but are not limited to the Standard Gauge Railway line, crude oil pipeline, transmission lines and oil refinery spanning four countries Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Rwanda under the Northern Corridor Initiative. Prior to joining legal private practice, he had worked for close to 9 years with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, first as a Legal Counsel with the Privatisation Unit and thereafter with the Department of Project Analysis and PPPs.