Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Limited Directors Profiles
Dr Samuel Mushiri (Chairman)
Dr Mushiri was appointed the Chairman of the banks Board of Directors with effect from 1 March 2022.
Dr Mushiri is an accomplished business Executive with a strong commercial background. He held the role of Chief Executive Officer for Star Africa Corporation from September 2012 until June 2015. Before that, he was an Executive Director at Delta Corporation Limited where he worked for 31 years. Dr Mushiri was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Board for Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe with effect from 1 March 2014. He previously chaired the Board Loans Review and Board Risk Committees.
He holds a BSc Hons, MSc and PhD degrees from London and Loughbrough Universities in the United Kingdom.
Mubaiwa Mubayiwa (Chief Executive Officer)
Mubaiwa Mubayiwa was appointed to his current position in May 2022. He has over 20 years’ experience with the bank, having held several managerial positions across various African countries. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mubaiwa was Head of Commercial, Corporate and Institutional Banking (CCIB), as well as Executive Director since December 2018. Previously, he held several senior positions, including Head of Commercial Banking (Zimbabwe); Head of Financial Markets (Zimbabwe); as well as additional responsibilities for Commercial Banking (Southern Africa Region). In addition, he has worked as Head of Sales (Cameroon) and Head of Wholesale Banking (Sierra Leone). Mubaiwa joined Standard Chartered Bank on the Africa Regional Management Trainee program after graduating from the University of Zimbabwe with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. He also has a Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification.
Geri Mangori (Chief Finance Officer)
Geri joined Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe in February 2014 as a Financial Controller. He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in Harare before working briefly for CBZ Building Society as their Financial Controller. Later, he relocated to Romania where he worked for Deloitte Central Europe as a Senior Consultant in the Forensic and Dispute Services department. Upon returning to Zimbabwe, he worked for Ernst & Young in Harare as a Manager in their Fraud Investigations and Dispute Services department. He has over 20 years of experience split mainly between auditing and finance and has also had the opportunity to work in various Southern African countries.
Geri is a member of the Chartered Accountants Institute of Zimbabwe and also the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (Honours) from the University of Zimbabwe and a Master’s degree in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa.
Milidzani Faith Masiye-Moyo (Independent Non-Executive Director)
Milidzani is a seasoned commercial lawyer, conveyancer and notary public who brings strong leadership skills and legal expertise to the board. She is a Partner in the law firm, Masiye-Moyo & Associates based in Bulawayo. She has previously worked as a Magistrate in Botswana.
Milidzani holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from The University of Zimbabwe. She sits on various boards including the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council. She was also a member of the International Association of Women Judges. Mrs Masiye-Moyo sits on the Board Risk Committee and the Board Audit Committee.
Herbert Mashanyare (Independent Non-Executive Director)
Herbert is a former Mining Executive who worked for a number of mining companies to become an Executive Director at Mimosa Mining Company (Private) Limited, a position he held until his retirement in 2014. He was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the SCB Zimbabwe Limited Board of Directors on 3 April 2017, and sits on the Board Audit and Board Credit Committees.
He holds BSc and MPhil degrees from University of Zimbabwe and an MSc(Eng) degree and DIC from Imperial College, University of London.
His appointment will bring a wealth of mining experience onto the Board where he currently chairs the Board Credit Committee and is a member of the Board Audit Committee. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Proplastics Limited, a company listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
Eve Mkondo (Independent Non-Executive Director)
Eve is one of the most senior female Chartered Accountants in the country. She has worked for a number of companies, including Delta Corporation Limited, StarAfrica Corporation Limited and African Consolidated Resources Limited, as Chief Financial Officer. She sits on the Boards of First Mutual Holdings Limited, Pearl Properties Limited, Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited and chairs their respective Board Audit Committees. She brings a wealth of auditing and finance knowledge onto our Board.
She was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the SCB Zimbabwe Limited Board of Directors on 3 April 2017. Eve chairs the Board Audit Committee and sits on the Board Loans Committee.
Akhil Mahesh (Non-Executive Director)
Akhil is Head of Strategic Projects, Africa & the Middle East prior to which he has held country and regional responsibilities including Corporate Business in UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as well as Financial Institutions businesses across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP) and the broader Africa & Middle East region. Akhil brings experience from working as part of large and diverse deal teams on projects of critical importance for the Standard Chartered Bank group including Market Entry/Exits and Portfolio Exits.
Akhil is currently part of the deal team overseeing the banks transition in Zimbabwe. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on the SCB Zimbabwe Board of Directors on 14 September 2022 and sits on the Board Risk Committee.
Millicent Clarke (Non-Executive Director)
Millicent Clarke is Head of Human Resources, Africa & Middle East (AME) Region for Standard Chartered Bank, where she is responsible for the overall strategic people agenda in AME. She joined SCB in August 2013 as the Regional Head of Talent for Africa, and was later appointed as Head of HR for Africa in December 2013. Before joining SCB, she was Head of HR, Barclays Africa Retail and Business Banking. She also worked for the leading shipping firm Maersk / Safmarine in various HR leadership positions over a 12 year period, with her last role being the Organisational Development Executive for Africa from 2003 to 2006.
Millicent also spent her earlier career lecturing Business Management in various tertiary institutions in Ghana and South Africa. She holds a Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) from the University of South Africa, a BA(Sec) Honours and a Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. She has participated in various leadership programmes locally in South Africa and internationally at INSEAD (France) IMD (Switzerland) and SAID Business School (Oxford).
She is a Non-Executive Director of Maersk South Africa and also a Non-Executive Director of Legacy Girls College in Ghana. She was appointed to the SCB Zimbabwe Board of Directors in August 2016 as a Non-Executive Director, as well as a member of both the Board Risk Committee and Board Remuneration and Nominations Committee.