The Zimbabwe Independent

Meet the new ZNCC presidium

- His final year studying towards a Master’s degree in Business Leadership.

Tinashe Manzungu: President

Tinashe Manzungu is a business magnate who has pioneered TM Group into a diversifie­d investment portfolio with key interest in real estate, health insurance, agricultur­e and finance.

Manzungu is an award winner and celebrated Zimbabwe-born businessma­n who founded TM Group from humble beginnings. He was born 34 years ago in the mining town of Kwekwe in the Midlands Province. He comes from a strong Christian background and is a family-oriented man.

He is a holder of a Doctorate in Business Leadership (DBL) from the Internatio­nal Women’s University (IWU);

Master’s of Science in Business Leadership (MBL) from the Internatio­nal Women’s University (IWU);

Honours degree in Geography and Environmen­tal Science (HonGES) from the Midlands State University (MSU ); and

He is currently studying for a Master of Business Administra­tion degree with Mancossa University.

His substantia­l experience and expertise continue to be recognised as he sits on the following boards:

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ZNCC (president)

MSU (council member)

Zimbabwe Building Contractor­s Associatio­n (ZBCA, junior vice-president)

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ZimCare Trust (committee member)

Crime Consultati­ve Committee (CCC, committee member)

Associatio­n of Health Care Funders of Zimbabwe (AH FoZ, member)

Zimbabwe Associatio­n of Micro-finance Institutio­ns (Zamfi, member)

Global Appeal for Accelerate­d Youth Empowermen­t and Developmen­t (GAYED, founding appellant)

As they say, good work breeds success, the man has earned accolades and recognitio­n from the business community over the short space of time he has been in business. He has advocated for the highest levels of equitable and sustainabl­e developmen­t in Zimbabwe.

He has won numerous accolades for his business expertise and philanthro­py from various institutio­ns which include Junior Chamber Internatio­nal, Zimbabwe Investment Authority, Zimbabwe Business Awards and Megafest, among others.

Golden Muoni Deputy president

Golden Muoni is a seasoned business leader whose drive is to make a positive and significan­t contributi­on in ensuring that the corporate world plays a pivotal role in adding value to Zimbabwe’s socio-economic developmen­t.

Muoni is the founder and managing director of Prime Seasons (Pvt) Ltd. He sits on the board of Bulawayo City Council’s Ingwebu Breweries.

He has served the ZNCC Matabelela­nd chapter as vice-president and chairperso­n for a number of years, prior to his election into the chamber’s national leadership as deputy president.

Muoni has worked tirelessly in representi­ng the interests of the business sector, especially to the government in addition to other important policy-makers, where he has lobbied for the enactment and amendments of various policies and laws with the sole aim of nurturing an environmen­t where business can thrive.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in Entreprene­urship and is currently in

Wellington Themba Vice-president: Matabelela­nd

Wellington Themba Chinembiri has served ZNCC in Manicaland as chairperso­n for Mutare Branch from March 2013-2015. He has been with Nssa for 38 years in different senior managerial positions and is the current Nssa regional manager for Matabelela­nd. He is in charge of three provinces, namely Matabelela­nd North, Matabelela­nd South and Bulawayo Metropolit­an.

Under his management, Nssa has scooped several awards as the Best Managed Parastatal in the region. He has received several management excellence awards from various institutio­ns in his personal capacity.

Chinembiri is a holder of a Bachelor of Laws degree from Unisa and an MBA from Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU ) and several other qualificat­ions.

Mike Kamungerem­u Vice-president: Mashonalan­d

Mike Kamungerem­u is the managing director of Tendo Electronic­s (Pvt) Ltd and current board chair of Ramola Security (Pvt) Ltd. Before becoming the ZNCC VP for Mashonalan­d, he was the Harare Branch chairperso­n and ZNCC national finance committee chairperso­n for two years.

Mike is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA ) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA ) with a track record in private sector financial management, strategic management, corporate governance, taxation, turna

Michael Phiri Vice -president : Midlands

Michael Phiri is the founding director and executive chairman of Mesclothin­g (Pvt) Limited.

Phiri has vast experience in project planning and management after working for TelOne for over 23 years, starting off as chief technician and rising through the ranks to become the national networks planning manager before retiring in 2005. He also gained a wealth of experience in finance when he doubled up as CEO of Mesfin P/L (a company he founded and groomed into a national player) for 10 years.

Phiri is the current vice-president of the ZNCC Midlands province, a position he previously served in as vicepresid­ent for the Midlands/Masvingo regions (2009 to 2011).

He sits on various boards, including that of the Zimbabwe Prisons and round strategies and administra­tion.

He holds a Bachelor of Accountanc­y Honours degree from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), a Diploma in Financial Management (ACCA-UK), a Master’s degree in Business Administra­tion (UZ) and membership­s of the Institute of Risk Management South Africa, and the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe.

In recognitio­n of his achievemen­ts with Tendo Electronic­s, he was awarded the ZNCC Harare Businessma­n of the Year 2014 and Megafest Top 20 Businessme­n of the Year 2015 awards.

Correction­al Services. He is a holder of an MBA from the MSU and BBA degree from Oxford University. He is midway towards attaining his Doctor of Business Administra­tion (DBA) with Binary University of Malaysia in conjunctio­n with Chinhoyi University of Technology.

Charlton Chimbira Vice-president : Manicaland

Charlton Chimbira is the general manager of Holiday Inn Mutare. He is an experience­d manager with a demonstrab­le history of working in the hospitalit­y industry.

He is skilled in front office, accounting and finance, engineerin­g, owner and stakeholde­r management, catering, budgeting, food and beverages and hotel management.

He joined the hospitalit­y industry in 2008 after graduating from UZ in 2007 with Honours degree in Business Studies. He is a member of Chartered Hotel General Managers with the American Hotel and Lodging Institute. He has served as general manager for Great Zimbabwe Hotel, Holiday Inn Beitbridge, Troutbeck Resort and currently Holiday Inn Mutare.

Chimbira has won several accolades, including Young Host of the

Year 2015 and Megafest Most Promising Young Executive of the Year (Manicaland) 2019. He is also Manicaland chairperso­n for Hospitalit­y Associatio­n of Zimbabwe (HAZ). He has served in the Mutare branch executive as a committee member and chairperso­n prior to assuming his post as the ZNCC Manicaland vice-president 2020. He dreams of driving the national industrial reform agenda across the board.

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