Thomas Lusiyano joined the Board on 9 November 2020 upon his appointment as the Managing Director of BNC. He is a seasoned business leader, strategist, and mining engineer, with a professional career spanning more than two decades. From this exposure, he has acquired comprehensive practical skills and competences in leading and managing mining businesses at all levels, in sectors such as gold, diamonds, nickel, asbestos, and platinum group metals (PGMs). Currently, he also sits on the boards of directors of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd., and Fraser Alexander Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd.
Thomas is a certified Professional Director® (Pro. Dir) and transdisciplinary executive holding the following academic and professional qualifications: Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Mining Engineering (UZ), Bachelor of Commerce Accounting Honours Degree (MSU), Master of Business Administration Degree (UZ), Master of Commerce in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance Degree (MSU), Master of Commerce in Economics Degree (MSU), an Advanced Certificate in Company Direction (IoDZ), Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competence (Zimbabwe), and a Full Blasting Licence (Zimbabwe).
He is a member of the following professional bodies and associations: the Institute of Directors Zimbabwe (IoDZ), Institute of Corporate Directors Zimbabwe (ICDZ), Institute of Corporate Governance Zimbabwe (ICGZ), Zimbabwe Economics Society (ZES), and the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ).