Heading all legal and company secretarial functions at Tanzania’s Competition Commission, Crispin Bebwa Mwebesa has focused on revamping processes and procedures to optimise risk management and strategic direction.

‘In a short period of time, I have managed to modernise the role of the legal department from being a mere legal advisor to being a partner in commercial decision-making’.

In an in-house legal career comprising broad sector exposure, other highlights have included overhauling power company Tanesco’s legal function and helping to establish JTI’s Tanzanian subsidiary, JTI Leaf. Mwebesa has provided pro bono legal services to children’s groups through the Tanganyika Law Society.