Wanjelani Patrick Board Chairman

Wanjelani Patrick Board Chairman

Wanjelani Patrick Biography

Mr Wanjelani is a fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Certified Accountants (ZICA). He holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University UK and has a Diplomas in Business Administration and Professional Accounting. Mr Wanjelani has also trained in Leadership for the Cu’ing Edge from GIBS University, South Africa.  Mr. Wanjelani is the Chief Executive Officer of Newgen Holdings Limited, a financial consultancy, risk management and construction company. Mr. Wanjelani has extensive experience in Banking, Auditing and Finance accumulated over 30 years. He also has considerable experience in Organisational Change and Transformation, Finance and Financial Planning and Corporate Governance. Mr. Wanjelani is currently the Board Chairman for Kenya Reinsurance Zambia Limited and is a director of Kumil Energy Limited and Newgen Construction Limited. He is a non-executive director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDRZ) Board and Blue Light Risk Management Limited. He has held positions of Head of Assets Liability Management (ALM) at Barclays Africa Group Treasury in Johannesburg South Africa and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director at Barclays Bank Zambia Plc. He has also been Board Chairman of the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) and a Board Member of ZESCO Limited, Real Estate Investments Zambia Plc (REIZ) and the Lusaka Water Supply & Sanitation Company, where he was Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Wanjelani has also held a position of Technical Advisor on the International Federation of Accountants Ethics Committee based in the United States of America. Mr. Wanjelani is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (FCCA) and the Zambia Institute of Certified Accountants (FZICA). He holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University, UK, and has a Diploma in Business Administration from West London College and Professional Accounting Diploma from Thames Valley University, Berkshire, UK. He has also trained in Leadership for the Cutting Edge from GIBS University, South Africa