Ms. Pamela Kasese Bwalya

Ms. Pamela Kasese Bwalya is the Vice Chairperson of the Board.  

She is an Economist serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Project Completion Agency. She has previously served as Deputy Director in the Economic Management Department of the Ministry of Finance and National Planning where she led the Macroeconomic Policy Unit responsible for macroeconomic policy formulation, analysis, and management. 

Her accomplishments include: coordination of the implementation and monitoring of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) Programme; a key role played in the successful conclusion of negotiations of the World Bank Economic Growth and Credit facility Budget Loan; and effective involvement in the negotiations for Zambia's debt relief under the HIPC completion point by providing the technical input to the Minister of Finance after which Zambia received 100 percent debt cancellation from Paris Club members and multilateral institutions. 

Until her appointment to the Board, Ms. Bwalya was a member of the Bank of Zambia Monetary Policy Advisory Committee. She continues to serve as a Board member of the National Alpha Programme in Zambia.  

She holds a Master of Economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Zambia.