Margaret Mwanakatwe

Margaret Mwanakatwe
Minister of Finance
In office
14 February 2018 – 14 July 2019
PresidentEdgar Lungu
Preceded byFelix Mutati
Succeeded byBwalya Ng'andu
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry
In office
2 February 2015 – 14 February 2018
PresidentEdgar Lungu
Preceded byRobert Sichinga
Succeeded byChristopher Yaluma
Managing Director of United Bank for Africa[1]
In office
March 2009 – May 2011
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byFrans Ojielu
Managing Director of Barclays Bank of Ghana PLC
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byKobina Quansah
Succeeded byErnest Debrah
Managing Director of Barclays Bank of Zambia
In office
2001–2008
Preceded byIan Knapman
Personal details
Born (1961-11-01) 1 November 1961 (age 63)
Northern Rhodesia
NationalityZambian
SpouseMupanga Mwanakatwe[2]
EducationAssociation of Chartered Certified Accountants
(Chartered Certified Accountant)
Alma materUniversity of Zambia
(Bachelor of Business Administration)
ProfessionSenior bank executive
Known forBusiness, management

Margaret Mhango Mwanakatwe is a Zambian politician who was the Minister of Finance from 14 February 2018 to 14 July 2019. She worked previously as a businesswoman, accountant, and bank executive. She was the director for business development in Anglophone Africa at the United Bank for Africa at the bank's headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. In this role, she supervised business development in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[1] Before that, she served as the managing director and chief executive officer of the United Bank for Africa Uganda Limited from March 2009 until May 2011.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Vision Reporter (19 June 2011). "United Bank for Africa to get new Managing Director". New Vision. Kampala. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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