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Mukwandi Chibesakunda

The first woman to run Zambia's largest bank

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Chief executive of the Zambia National Commercial Bank, the first woman to hold the post, and African female leader of the year in 2022.

Mukwandi Walusiku Chibesakunda is a Zambian accountant and bank executive, chief executive of the Zambia National Commercial Bank β€” Zanaco, the country's largest bank by assets and by customers.

She read economics at the University of Zambia and took an MBA at Manchester's Alliance Manchester Business School. Appointed managing director and chief executive in October 2020, she is the first woman to hold the post, and has since pushed the bank's digital banking out across the country. She was named CEO of the Year in Zambia in 2021 and African female leader of the year in 2022.
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