CONTINENTAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Dr Ng'ombe is a respected academic, publisher and entrepreneur in Malawi. He has made significant contributions to the development of education in Malawi, including the Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) where he was Executive Director from 1997 to 2007. He has authored several books for primary education and has several published works. He has held various positions on the boards of state-owned enterprises apart from owning a business himself as a book distributor. He serves as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of CHL, CAM, CCL, CPL and CDHC.
Hollen joined Continental Holdings Limited (CHL) in 2022 as Finance and Risk Manager.
He has over 10 years' experience in external auditing having worked for Grant Thornton formerly KPMG Malawi.
He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds the Degree of Bachelor of Accountancy obtained from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) formerly the Polytechnic.
Ms. Masi-Kachinjika joined CHL in February, 2023 after serving as Business Development Manager (centre and north) at Continental Asset Management for almost 3 years. She has over 20 years marketing and brand strategy and management experience and led the rebranding of Airtel Malawi from Zain in 2010. She is the first and current President of the Institute of Marketing in Malawi IMM) and is Chair of the Tourism and Hotels Board Marketing Committee. She is a member of Farm Holdings Radio Limited's Technical Committee.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Managing Partner of Wilson
Mr. Msowoya is Managing Partner of Wilson and Morgan, a law firm based in Blantyre, Malawi.
Mr. Msowoya is a legal practitioner with over 15 years' experience. He has been legal advisor to clients during privatizations, mergers, takeovers, and restructurings. In the process he has acquired tremendous knowledge in corporate law, commercial and contract law and practice and has evolved into an adept draftsman of commercial agreements and legal documents. Mr. Msowoya has worked on high profile transactions like the NBS Bank Limited rights issue, bonus issue and issue of shares to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for cash transactions. He played key roles in drafting legal and transaction documents during negotiations between IFC and NBS Bank Limited. His knowledge of company law and the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) Listing Requirements is excellent. Mr. Msowoya holds a Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree (LLB Honours) from the University of Malawi.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Chinkanda, with 44 years of experience in banking, operations, and project management, is currently consulting on digital payment product development for banks. He started his career with the National Bank of Malawi (NBM) in 1971 and rose to Branch Operations Manager in 1985. He has also contributed to the conversion of two other financial institutions to commercial banks, FINCOM and INDEBank. Mr. Chinkanda has held positions such as Chief Operations Officer at CDH Investment Bank, Project Manager at Continental Discount Limited, Chief Operating Officer at Capital Bank Limited, Botswana, and Head of Operations at NEDBank.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Ngalamila has managed strategic interests of Press Trust for over 14 years where he serves as the Executive Director. Mr. Ngalamila has served as director on the boards of a number of companies and organizations. Currently, he is a non-executive director representing the interests of Press Trust on the boards of Press Agriculture Limited (PAL) and CHL. He chairs the board of CHL. He also serves as director of CAM, CPL, CCL and CDHC. Mr. Ngalamila is also a non-executive director of Press Corporation Plc. He has previously served as a Technical Committee Member (Director) of the joint UNDP/ Press Trust GSB Pro-Poor Revolving Fund.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Group Financial Controller
- Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Zulu has been the Group Financial Controller for the Company since 2012. He also serves as an Executive Director on the Board of the following Group Companies: Continental Holdings Limited, CDH Investment Bank, Continental Pension Services Company Limited and Continental Asset Management Nominees Limited. He previously held the position of Head of Finance, Administration, and IT for Continental Discount house Limited (CDH) from 2007, a predecessor of CDH Investment Bank. Prior to joining CDH, Kingsley worked for the Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) as Director of Finance from 2004 to 2007. Mr. Zulu launched his accounting career with the International Accounting and Auditing firm, Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in 1999.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer of TAH Capital
Mr. Sekyere is the Chief Executive Officer of TAH Capital (Pty) Limited (South Africa) and Chairman of SDC Finance and Leasing Company Limited (Ghana). He has a distinguished career in banking built over 22 years. Before joining TAH Capital he was Chief Marketing Officer for HSBC Equator Bank Plc (UK) based in Johannesburg South Africa. Prior to this, he served as Vice President and Regional Director for HSBC Equator Bank Plc based in Accra, Ghana. Between 1993 and 2000. Mr. Sekyere held positions of Assistant Vice President, Vice President, Regional Team Leader, and Senior Vice President and Regional Director with HSBC Equator Bank Plc based in Lusaka, Zambia. He also worked with Citibank Zambia Limited. He has also worked with AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel (USA) and Motorola Incorporated (USA).
He has a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) and Master of Science, Transport Studies (USA) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He also holds a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering (University of Virginia, USA), and Bachelor of Science in Physics from Bates College (USA).
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Group Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director and Chief Executive Officer of CHL
Mr. Robert Abbey is Director and Chief Executive Officer of CHL. He has a strong professional accounting and financial services background spanning over 40 years in a number of African countries, namely: Zambia, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda and Liberia. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Director of TransAfrica Holdings Limited (Mauritius). Mr. Abbey is the current Chairman of CAM and serves as a non-executive director on the boards of CCL, CPL, CAM Nominees Ltd, Continental Pensions Services Company, CDH Commodities Limited, SDC Finance and Leasing Company Limited (Ghana) and CDH Capital (Rwanda) and TAH Capital (South Africa). Mr. Robert Abbey is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (England). He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from Brunel University/Henley Management Centre (England).
Job Titles:
- Legal and Compliance Manager
LLB (Hons) RSA He is a Legal Practitioner with over 7 years' experience in Commercial Law and Transactions. He has handled an assortment of corporate and commercial matters for both domestic and international clients ranging from financial services, due diligences and matters concerning, company law to employment, public procurement and PPP transactions, competition law, financial services laws, energy, insurance law, and land transactions among others. He has worked for international Law firms in South Africa and before joining Continental Group in 2022 he was Principal Associate at Savjani & Co..