Air Zimbabwe gets interim board

HARARE - Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona has appointed a six-member interim board to steer the affairs of Air Zimbabwe and restore it to efficiency.

The appointment of the interim board was done after it was approved by President Mnangagwa following expiry of the mandate of administrator Reggie Saruchera of Grant Thornton.

The interim board is led by the chairperson Andrew Bvumbe, who is the head of Zimbabwe Debt Management Office in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.

The other interim board members are head of Public Sector Investment Programme in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Pfungwa Kunaka and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority acting chief executive Givemore Chidzidzi.

Chief direct public procurement and disposal of public assets in the Corporate Governance Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Michael Musanzwika and deputy director – strategic policy planning in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development Nyikadzino Chifema are the other members.

Legal advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development Advocate Kingstone Magaya, who comes in as an ex-officio interim board member, completes the list.

Speaking while announcing the appointments, Mhona said the mandate of the interim board included implementing a business plan approved by Cabinet and work on the organisational structure. The board is also expected to finalise the production of audited accounts for the airline, instill a high standard of corporate governance and ensure adherence to the schedules by the airline despite limited resources.