Mirirai Apolonia Washaya – ICDZ.CD

Vice Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Association of Pension Funds and sits in the Executive and Legislation Committees. Cynthia is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors of Zimbabwe wherein she sits on the Legislative Committee. Cynthia is the 2017 Zimbabwe Mentee for the prestigious Fortune 500 United States State Department and Vital Voices Women's Global Mentorship Programme for young business executive women.

Cynthia was the Group Legal Advisor and Board Secretarial Services Executive for the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) and the Principal Officer for the Nssa Staff Pension Fund before taking up her new post as the Director Legal Services for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). Cynthia is the Chairman of the Zimra Staff Pension Fund.

MIRIRAI is a seasoned legal and corporate governance professional with 23 years of extensive corporate law and company secretarial experience; 17 of which were obtained in the Zimbabwean financial services sector and included working collaborations with legal professionals in other jurisdictions such as Dubai, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa and a Bachelor of Laws Honours (LLBS) degree from the University of Zimbabwe. Washaya has won accolades in her career which recognise professionalism, excellence and leadership. She was featured in the prestigious Legal 500 General Counsel GC Teams Powerlist 2017 and 2018 and awarded silver in the Megafest 2017 Awards in the category Outstanding Advocate & Legal Leader. She is a member of The Law Society of Zimbabwe and The Professional Executive Women Entrepreneurs and Business Forum (PRO WEB). Currently, Washaya is a strategic advisory consultant, architecting and implementing corporate governance structures within Small medium enterprises.