Built on global expertise and African insight.
“After 15 years advising on stakeholder strategy and public affairs for various leading Global companies and some of the most consequential energy and infrastructure projects in the region, including Tilenga and EACOP, I wanted to build a firm that could operate at that level on behalf of the clients who needed it most. LNEK Consulting was built from a shared belief that governments, investors, and companies operating in complex environments deserve advisors who understand the political, regulatory, and stakeholder dynamics that actually determine whether a project succeeds.
We bring nearly 60 years of combined experience across Africa, Europe, North America and global markets. Our work spans the full arc of what high-stakes projects require: reading the operating environment, aligning stakeholders, managing reputation under pressure, and building the institutional credibility that complex projects depend on through their hardest phases.
We help clients lead with clarity, confidence, and the legitimacy to deliver.”
Meet Linda N.
Linda Nabirye is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LNEK Consulting. A Chartered PR Practitioner (CIPR, UK) and strategic advisor, she has over 15 years of experience supporting large-scale projects in complex operating environments, with a focus on stakeholder alignment, regulatory navigation, and reputational risk in highly scrutinized sectors including energy, extractives, and emerging critical minerals.
Until September 2025, Linda was External Communications and Public Affairs Manager at TotalEnergies EP Uganda, where she advised senior leadership through the critical phases of a USD 10 billion energy development project, including the stakeholder alignment work that supported the project's USD 4.5 billion financing approval. In that role, she navigated complex regulatory and political environments, served as media liaison, directed crisis and issues management, and led multi-channel communications programmes with budgets exceeding USD 1 million. She completed an international rotation at TotalEnergies headquarters in Paris on the global News and Media team.
Linda's earlier career at WMC Africa included strategic communications work for global brands across technology, media, aviation, financial services, and energy. Her client portfolio included Google, Samsung, MultiChoice, Citadel Capital, the Madhvani Foundation, GOtv, and DStv, and her work resulted in continental awards for Uganda, such as the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards.
Her current advisory focus spans oil and gas, critical minerals and supply chain resilience, resource governance and local content, political and regulatory risk in extractive industries, and multi-stakeholder engagement supporting large-scale development under public scrutiny.
Linda is completing a Master of International Relations at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She holds a Professional Diploma in Public Relations from Cambridge Marketing College (CIPR, UK) and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Uganda Christian University. In October 2025, she earned Chartered PR Practitioner status, the highest level of professional accreditation awarded by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR, UK).
She is a Principal in the inaugural 2026 Semafor World Economy cohort, a member of the Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA), where she is a 2026 cohort member of the BPIA Colin Powell Leadership Institute, serves as a Madam Ambassador Program Mentor, and is also a member of the BPIA Communications Committee. She is a participant in the U.S.-Africa Policy Briefing Series. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR, UK) and the Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU).
Beyond her professional work, Linda is a co-founder and Director of the Henry Kyemba Memorial Foundation, which preserves Ugandan history, supports access to education and healthcare, and contributes to cancer research. She has held several leadership roles within Rotary International, including President of the Rotaract Club of Kololo. In 2025, she was named one of Uganda's 50 most influential and admirable women by New Vision.
Meet Patricia
Patricia Kayanga is Managing Partner and Director of LNEK's Institutional and Organizational Practice. She brings over 15 years of experience leading enterprise change, governance design, and operational transformation across some of the largest financial services and federal institutions in the United States.
Patricia has served as Senior Manager of Enterprise Technology Governance at Navy Federal Credit Union, where she led the enterprise-wide transition to a product-led operating model, working across senior leadership to align business units with the institution's strategic execution. Earlier at Navy Federal, she designed and implemented the governance structure for the Application Rationalization initiative from the ground up, a framework that has since become an enterprise-wide success and is now used to manage technology investment across the institution.
Before Navy Federal, Patricia led major change programmes at Fannie Mae through Accenture, including a $30 million consolidation of three financial databases that delivered $4 million in annual cost savings, and a query automation initiative that eliminated four thousand five hundred hours of manual work each year. Her earlier career included senior project management roles at Cigna, Verizon Wireless, and Vonage.
Patricia also brings on-the-ground experience in East Africa. As a volunteer with ActionAid International in Uganda, she worked in the oil and gas education sector, helping communities understand the financial opportunities in their region and developing concept notes and grant proposals for international donor partners. This combination of US institutional depth and Africa stakeholder insight informs her work with LNEK's clients.
Patricia holds a Master's in Organizational Development and Project Management from the University of Denver, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Biochemistry from Colorado State University, and is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by the Project Management Institute.
Meet Caroline
Caroline Namyalo is a passionate Communications Specialist and Marketing Practitioner who has spent over 17 years working across Africa and Europe, helping organizations tell their stories and create meaningful impact. Her journey has taken her from the bustling streets of Kampala to the corporate corridors of Paris, where she learned that great communication isn't just about messages, it's about building bridges between people and possibilities.
She has managed the Corporate Social Responsibility department at TotalEnergies EP Uganda with annual budgets exceeding $2.5 million, transforming CSR landscapes from 80% donations to 90% program implementation. This strategic approach earned multiple prestigious awards, including CSR of the Year 2022 and 2023, and Best Radio Campaign Gold Silverback Awards 2023. Her communication strategies consistently delivered measurable results, increasing positive media coverage by 30% and improving brand reputation ratings by 25%.
She has led Uganda's National Tree Planting Drive at TotalEnergies Uganda, where she served on the Managing Committee for the countrywide initiative. They planted over 100 million trees since 2021, and watched corporate partnerships grow by over 90% while contributing to environmental restoration.
With a multicultural background and bilingual abilities in English and French, she is currently pursuing a Master's in Communications and Technology at the University of Alberta, Canada. She has professional marketing certifications from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and LEAN SIX SIGMA certification.
Meet Linda T.
Linda Tusiime is a strategic public-private partnership specialist with over a decade of experience advising government institutions and private sector leaders through complex regulatory environments and high-stakes negotiations. Her expertise lies in managing cross-sector partnerships, navigating complex regulatory landscapes to ensure compliance and risk mitigation, facilitating high-stakes negotiations, and cultivating trusted, high-impact relationships across diverse sectors and geographies.
At TotalEnergies Uganda, Linda served as the strategic liaison between international corporations and government agencies on multi-billion-dollar energy projects. Her expertise in stakeholder management enabled successful negotiations with government regulators, international partners, and internal cross-functional teams across project lifecycles. As co-founder of the Lumps Away Foundation, a community based organization focused on breast cancer awareness and support for survivors across underserved communities, she channels her passion for social impact by establishing strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to address critical health equity gaps in underserved communities. Her work has consistently bridged public and private interests, supporting regulatory compliance and risk mitigation, while ensuring alignment, transparency, and successful project delivery in dynamic policy environments.
Linda holds a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School and a Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She brings a unique combination of private sector expertise, public policy acumen, and cross-sector partnership development to her consulting practice.
We can help
See the environment clearly
Understand the dynamics that will shape the outcome before you act.
Position decisively
Align stakeholders, manage exposure, and hold the narrative when the stakes are high.
Act with legitimacy
Earn and protect the trust that sustains complex projects through their hardest phases.