::  DIRECTOR - NON-BANK SUPERVISION

Mr. Chisha Mwanakatwe

Mr. Chisha Mwanakatwe is a career banker with over twenty years experience evenly spent in the private commercial banking sector and the regulatory authority. His current appointment is Director–Non Bank Financial Institutions Supervision, a position he has held since 2nd March 2009. Prior to this, he has served the Bank of Zambia in various appointments including Director in charge of Banking, Currency and Payment Systems and Director in charge of Bank Supervision.

Mr. Mwanakatwe has represented the Bank of Zambia in numerous capacities, including those of Board Member of the Enterprise Development Project (World Bank Funded) and Board Member of the Zambia Electronic Clearing House. He has served as Country Leader for the SADC Payment System Project Member of the COMESA Committee of Banking Supervisors and the National Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering.

Mr. Mwanakatwe continues to sit on several Working Groups under the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) and is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Eastern and Southern Africa Bank Supervision Application (BSA) Stakeholders’ Committee.

Mr. Mwanakatwe is a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the African Rural and Credit Association (AFRACA).

 In addition to this, Mr. Mwanakatwe is the Chairperson of the Secretariat of the National Financial Sector Development Plan, and is a Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Bankers where he served as Honorary Secretary for two years until 2005.

Mr. Mwanakatwe holds a Degree in Economics from the University of Zambia, a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance obtained in Italy in 1986, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Bank Management which he was awarded in 2000.