The UAC Secretariat is headed by a Director General who is appointed by the President. The Director General is the Commission’s Chief Executive and Secretary to the Board. The role of the Secretariat is to implement the Boards decisions and to advise on all technical matters relating to the mandate and role of UAC. The Secretariat has 5 Directorates namely:

» Finance and Accounting

» Planning and Strategic Information

» Policy, Research and Programming

» Human Resource and Administration

» Partnership.