Former Shell and Tullow Oil executive Jimmy D. Mugerwa has joined Veracity Worldwide’s advisory board. In Uganda, Mugerwa was previously the managing director for Tullow Oil and helped in the exploration and development of the Lake Albert basin oil fields, along with the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Mugerwa will further establish Veracity Worldwide as a trusted advisor in the East African region, and the oil and gas sector as a whole.
Veracity Worldwide has appointed Jay Truesdale as chief executive officer. Truesdale joins Veracity from McKinsey & Company, where he led risk management and strategy. He previously served as chief of staff at the US Embassy in Pakistan and as special assistant to then-Deputy Secretaries of State Antony Blinken and William Burns, and has held diplomatic postings in Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, and at the US Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He is also a US Navy veteran with service in Europe and Africa.