Cynthia Malaba joined the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director on 1 December 2020. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). She completed a Global Leadership Program with Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS – affiliated to the University of Pretoria). She also holds a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Zimbabwe, a Bachelor of Accounting Science Degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Auditing (UNISA). Cynthia has vast experience in the private sector in Zimbabwe. She worked in a large and diversified conglomerate for over twenty years, during which time she served in various senior managerial roles including that of Supply Chain Director, a position she held from 2013 until her retirement in 2019. Prior to that, she had served in the same organisation as General Manager – Operations (Southern Region between 2009 and 2013) and General Manager (Group Audit and Risk between 2001 and 2009).She also has sales and marketing exposure in various other countries including Columbia, Honduras, the United States of America, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. Cynthia is a Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee in a publicly listed entity in the hospitality industry in Zimbabwe. She currently serves as Chairperson in a non-profit organisation. She is a previous Council Member in an organization that focuses on Sustainable Development in business, Economic growth, Ecological balance, and Social Progress. Presently, she has a role as a Financial Consultant for a Group of Companies that is in Real Estate, Energy and Agro – Processing. She also manages her own business in Real Estate. Cynthia is a member of the BNC Audit Committee.