Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe is a Non- Executive Director on the Board of ZEP- Re. She was elected to the Board in June 2019. She is the Secretary General of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors spanning over 30 years in both local and international organisations.

Ms Kapwepwe has served as an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund as well as Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister of Finance and Managing Director of the National Airports Corporation Limited in Zambia.

She has served and continues to serve on several boards including the Zambia Revenue Authority, Bank of Zambia, Ecobank Zambia Limited, BP Zambia Limited, Zambia Privatisation Trust Fund, Airports Council International, African Civil Aviation Commission.

A chartered accountant by profession, Ms Kapwepwe also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Bath, United Kingdom.

We congratulate her on this new appointment and wish her every success in her new role.