CV Profile No.33548

Experience in the following industries :

• Advice, audit, accounting
• Banking, insurance, finance
• Electricity, water, gas, nuclear, energy
• Government services
• Research and development

Professional experience

• Chief Executive Officer
• Heritage Limited
• 06.2013 - 12.2019
•  Overall strategic business & operational planning to implementation  Business financial planning, performance and variance management.  Resource mobilisation from shareholder and other commercial sources.  Oversee risk management and all corporate policies and procedures  Oversee business development, marketing and external relations  Corporate governance, Board Secretary and Public Officer

• Business Consultancy
• Independent Consultant
• 06.2004 - 05.2013
• The hyperinflationary intervening period provided an opportunity for engaging in personal development and self – directed business interests that included:-  Research (academic and business), business, banking and media consultancy, accounting and advisory services to diverse clientele in industry and commerce.  Financial services intermediation for various financial institutions covering:- - mobilisation of deposits and underwriting of cross sectoral corporate credit, asset finance and leasing facilities. - business / projects monitoring, appraisals and evaluation.

• Senior Accountant / Country Head Finance
• Stanbic Finance Zimbabwe Limited
• 09.1997 - 06.2004
•  Overall responsibilities : business strategy and planning, corporate reporting; business, market and other shock analysis, accounting, treasury, leasing, asset and liability management (ALCO), risk and financial management, company secretarial and corporate administration.  A key team member of the merger process of the Finance House and the Stanbic Banking entity to improve shareholder value.

• Group Accountant
• Zimbabwe Development Corporation
• 02.1992 - 08.1997
•  Oversight and monitoring over overall group consolidations and general accounting function for Head office and its subsidiaries.  Oversight and monitoring over overall group treasury, investment portfolio and analysis of performance and returns. Development, analysis and interpretation of accounting information covering operating results, profitability, budget, periodic performance analysis and reports.  Reconciliation of Group investment portfolio, bank accounts intercompany positions and external counterparties.  Review and control receivables ageing reports on a weekly basis to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances;.  Preparation for internal/external audits including back up to the finance teams at subsidiary operations.  Researching and reporting on environmental factors influencing business performance.

• Trainee Manager
• Standard Chartered Bank
• 09.1986 - 01.1992
• banking, accounting, asset – finance / leasing, lending to industry and commerce sectors executing functional roles in conventional banking, accounting, leasing / asset finance, treasury, risk and financial management, corporate administration and governance, IT