adminHarare. — The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on Wednesday said it had appointed Gwen Mwaba, a Zambian national, as its new director of Trade Finance. She takes over from Kanayo Awani, who was recently appointed Managing Director, Intra-African Trade Initiative. Until her appointment, Mwaba was the Regional Manager for Anglophone West Africa in charge of Afreximbank’s Abuja Branch Office, a position she held since May 2015.The new director joined Afreximbank from Standard Bank Plc, where she worked as executive vice president, Structured Trade Finance and Syndications for Africa based in London. Prior to that, she worked variously with Stanbic Bank Zambia Ltd as head, Vehicle and Asset Finance and as head Corporate Banking Standard Bank of South Africa.
Mwaba holds a Bachelor of Applied Accounting from Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom, and a Master of Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University, also in the United Kingdom. — New Ziana.
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