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    • Mr. Danny Luswili

    • Board Chairman
    • Mr Luswili is a renowned Banker, Corporate Governance, Risk and Finance Professional with over thirty (30) years’ experience at executive level in the corporate world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance (BAcc), Master of Science in Strategic Business Management (M.Sc.), and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA)(UK), a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants (CIPFA) (UK), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) (UK), a fellow member of the Zambia Institute of Directors (FIoDZ), and a fellow member of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (FZICA). Mr Luswili has broad industry experience which includes Banking, Finance, Consultancy and Project management, mining, manufacturing, energy, general administration, and accounting from middle management to very senior levels. He has held various positions including Management Accountant, Cost Accountant, Financial Accountant, Finance & Administration Manager, Company Secretary, Compliance Manager, Risk Manager, Head of Risk Management, and Chief Compliance Officer.

    • Mr. Isaiah Chindumba

    • Non-Executive Director
    • Mr Chindumba has over 30 years of commercial banking and Information Technology experience both at local and international levels. He worked for Commercial Bank of Rwanda, now lM Bank Rwanda Limited, as Chief Operating Officer in Kigali Rwanda. Before that he worked for Citi Bank Zambia Limited as Resident Vice President, Country Legal and Compliance Officer, and Chief of Staff. He also held the positions of Assistant General Manager and Senior Branch Operations Officer, Manager Operations, and Head of Administration and Treasury Operation. He is a holder of a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education, and a Postgraduate Diploma in International Law from University of Zambia. Mr. Chindumba holders awards in Marketing Strategic Planning from Edinburgh Business School of the U.K.

    • Mrs. Theresa M. Liswaniso Kampata

    • Non-Executive Director
    • Mrs. Kampata presently works as Board Secretary/Director Legal at Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) on secondment from the Ministry of Justice, where she is employed as Principal Counsel in the Department of International Law and Agreements. Up until November 2019, Mrs. Kampata was the Company Secretary for First National Bank Zambia. She is a holder of the following qualifications: a BA degree in Law (LLB) from the University of Zambia; a Master’s degree in Law (LLM) Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation from Warwick University in the United Kingdom; a postgraduate diploma from the University of Zimbabwe in Women’s Law Research Methodologies; a postgraduate diploma in Legislative drafting from Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education; National Certificate, Level 5 in Regulatory Risk Management Cornerstone Performance Solutions, and is an Advocate of the High Court for Zambia with 25 years working experience.

    • Dr. PROGRESS CHOONGO

    • Non-Executive Director
    • Dr. Progress Choongo is a senior lecturer in the School of Business at Copperbelt University (CBU), where he has worked for over 15 years. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Entrepreneurship with a bias in Sustainability from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Leeds, and a Bachelor of Science in Project Management from CBU. Dr. Choongo has held various positions at CBU, including Coordinator of the Graduate School, Head of Department – Operations and Supply Chain Management, Project Manager, and Interim Director – Projects, Innovations and Products. His teaching responsibilities at graduate and undergraduate levels cover various courses, including management theory and practice, leadership and corporate governance, project management, risk management, monitoring and evaluation, contract management, and sustainable procurement. Dr. Choongo’s main research focus includes entrepreneurship and small business management focusing on sustainability, leadership, business growth, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He has published research work in international peer-reviewed journals and has done consultancy work for the Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID) and the Work Bank. He has undertaken Grant Writing work for the Volkswagen Foundation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and NUFFIC. Among his numerous leadership responsibilities, Dr. Progress Choongo is the Editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Development Research and the Reviewer of the International Review of Entrepreneurship Journal. He is also a member of the CBU Centre of Excellence Technical Committee and the Strategic Committee for the Copperbelt University Special Purpose Vehicle. Dr. Choongo has been a leader/Board member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Kitwe Central since 2009.

    • Ms. MANKOLO BEYANI

    • Non-Executive Director
    • Ms. Mankolo Beyani has more than 25 years of combined work experience in the financial sector. She began her career in 1995 as a Management Trainee at Indo-Zambia Bank Limited where she worked in various portfolios of the bank with her last assignment being Manager in the foreign business department in 2002. She then moved to the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) where she worked for 18 years, holding various supervisory roles in the supervision and regulation of both banks and non-bank financial institutions in the financial institutions' supervision function. Ms. Beyani served as the Assistant Director for Examination and Surveillance and as Assistant Director for Regulatory Policy, Licensing and Liquidations. Earlier in her Central Bank career, Ms. Beyani worked as a Senior Macro-prudential Analyst, and as a Financial Analyst in the Bank Supervision Department. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree (Economics) from the University of Zambia in 1994 and her Master’s Degree (International and Development Economics) from the Berlin University of Applied Arts and Sciences in Germany in 2005.

    • Mr. NGENDA NYAMBE

    • Executive Director & CEO
    • Mr. Ngenda Nyambe is a seasoned and experienced banker with a career spanning over 20 years. He started his banking profession as a University Graduate Management Trainee in 1996 at Stanbic Bank and rose through the ranks, eventually working as a Director and Senior Executive at Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Plc, Barclays Bank Zambia Plc (now Absa Bank Zambia) and Zambia National Commercial Bank Plc. He has served in different roles in global markets, financial institutions, public sector, development organisations and commercial banking. He has also served in corporate governance positions as a non-executive director at Ecobank Zambia Limited, Indo Zambia Bank Limited, as well as other private and public sector institutions. Mr. Nyambe is a result-oriented person with a proven track record of surpassing targets in all organisations he has worked for and successfully contributed to the attainment of each organisation’s objectives.