Fact file: Lance Mambondiani

• MANAGING DIRECTOR and chief executive of BancABC Zimbabwe;

• Worked as an executive for regional and international financial institutions over the years;

• Mambondiani was named in the African

Report Magazine’s Top List of Who is Who in African Finance and as 2019’s Most Innovative CEO by the CEO Africa Roundtable;

• Won several leadership awards and is a much sought-after speaker at international conferences as a global expert on Fintech, digitisation and transformation of banks;

• Recently featured in the August 2020 Global Edition of the CEO Magazine for his contribution to innovation in banking across Africa;

• Holds Bachelor of Laws degree (LLBS. Hons) from the University of Zimbabwe, an MSc in Development Finance (first class) at the University of Manchester and completed his PhD in Banking and Finance in 2011, analysing bank ownership and profitability in the Zimbabwean banking sector at the same university; and

• Recipient of the highly prestigious Chevening Scholarship by the British Council.