Caroline Sandura – Chairman and Non Executive Director
Caroline Sandura was admitted as a Barrister at Law of England and Wales and was subsequently admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Zimbabwe High Court and Supreme Court. Caroline holds a Joint Honours degree in Law and Politics from Keele University (UK). She joined the then Post and Telecommunications Corperation(PTC) which was commercialized in the year 2000 to TelOne (Private) Limited. Whilst at TelOne, Caroline represented TelOne at several International foras whereby at some of the meetings, she was appointed to chair Committees and also to sit as a rapporteur and she acquitted herself very well.
Since 1993, Caroline has served as a non-executive Chairman and Board Member of several organizations, which included the ZB Bank as Chairman of the ZB Building Society, Chairman of the Communications and Allied Industries Pension Fund where she won a gold medal which was awarded in Geneva for Good Management and Good Corporate Governance. She was also appointed as a non-executive board member of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) where she was firstly assigned to chair the Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane and then she was elevated to the position of Chairman of the ZMDC Board. As Chairman of the ZMDC Board, her Board was accredited for opening the Chiadzwa/Marange Diamond Field. The ZMDC board also went into several international joint ventures with several companies to mine platinum,gold and diamonds. Caroline was then subsequently appointed to the Board of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange as a non-executive chairman and this board has also established the Victoria Falls Foreign Currency Exchange as its first subsidiary company. She was the deputy chairman of the Thematic Committee which drafted the first National Code of Corporate Governance for Zimbabwe. Caroline was married to the late Supreme Court Judge, Justice Wilson Sandura and they had two children.
Bartholomew Mswaka – Vice Chairman and Non Executive Director
Bart is the Chief Executive Officer of St Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre, a registered welfare organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation of adults and children with all types of physical disabilities. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. Bart has worked at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe as well as the Bank of Botswana where he was an expatriate manager. Bart switched careers in 1996 and joined stockbrokers Fleming Martin Edwards Securities (now Imara) as a manager. In 1999 he moved to HSBC Securities as the Managing Director (HSBC later became ReNaissance Securities (Pvt) Ltd). Bart is a registered stockbroker and a former Chairman of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited and Chairman of Zimbabwe Asset Management Company and Untu Holdings Limited. He is also the independent Chairman of the Motor Industry Pension Fund (MIPF).
Benson Gasura – Non Executive Director
Benson is the Managing Director of FBC Securities (Private) Limited a brokerage subsidiary of a financial services group FBC Holdings. He sits on several Board and Executive management committees within the FBC group. Ben is a registered stockbroker, Chairman of the Stockbrokers Association of Zimbabwe, Chairman of TIB Insurance, Chairman of Corporate Governance and Risk Committee of the IODZ and a full member of the South African Institute of Financial Markets. He holds a Master of Science in Strategic Management and a Masters in Business Administration. Additionally he holds qualifications in Management, Risk, Banking and Business Leadership. He has been involved in financial services for over 10 years.
Maureen Svova – Non Executive Director
Mrs Svova is one of the pioneer black women Chartered Accountants in Zimbabwe with over 30 years of experience. She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Zimbabwe and is a Chartered Accountant. She is a results, detail oriented leader who is able to relate and interface easily at top executive levels having worked at senior executive level for the greater part of her working life. She has held various directorship roles and currently sits on the Boards of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), Export Credit Guarantee Corporation and Schweppes Africa Holdings.
Markus de Klerk – Non Executive Director
Markus is a registered legal practitioner in Zimbabwe and has over 20 years’ experience in commercial legal matters, corporate administration and the financial services sector in SADC. His areas of expertise include Legal Counsel, Advisory Services, Debt and Equity Capital Financing, Structured Trade and Commodity Finance, Corporate Restructuring, Collateral Structuring and Credit Process Management, Mergers, Acquisitions and Securities. Currently the Managing Director of Imara Fiduciary (Private) Limited. a collateral and debenture trustee business. Before joining Imara he was legal counsel for Ecobank Zimbabwe whose parent company, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, is listed in both Ghana and Nigeria. Prior to this he was Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary for BancABC Limited, listed on both the BSE and ZSE.
Masimba Mudzungayiri – Non Executive Director
Masimba is the Director Audit Assurance and Advisory Services in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Masimba has over 30 year’s experience as an Accountant in various sectors of industry in Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc Professional Accountancy Degree from the University of London and a BSc(Honors) Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University. Masimba is a member of ACCA and the Institute of Internal Auditors of Zimbabwe.
Lindiwe Tirivanhu – Non Executive Director
Lindiwe Tirivanhu is currently the Director of Debt, Recording and Settlement in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. As director she provides leadership and day-to-day management of the debt management functions, ensuring that these functions meet full legal requirements in each of the offices of the organization and strives for bottom-line results. Before becoming Director in 2016, Lindiwe Tirivanhu was the Chief Accountant, a position she held for 8 years. Lindiwe has over 35 years experience in the Government Sector finance and debt management. She holds a Masters in Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce Accounting from Midlands State University. Lindiwe also has a Certificate in International Public Sector Accounting and Higher National Diploma in Accounting.
Justin Bgoni – Executive Director (Chief Executive Officer)
Justin is a Chartered Accountant with over 24 years of International experience in the financial and public sector. Justin holds, amongst other qualifications, a Bachelor of Accounting Science from the University of South Africa and a Master in Applied Finance from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Some notable previous appointments include being a Management Consultant at McKinsey Incorporated and Chief Financial Officer at New Zealand Stock Exchange.