Chikondano Faith Chisala

Chikondano Faith Chisala has over seven years of experience in commercial banking, investments, and treasury management. Currently, Chikondano is a Senior Treasury Dealer at NBS Bank Limited, where she focuses on business development, foreign exchange and securities trading, liquidity, risk, and treasury management. Chikondano is also an Examiner at the Institute of Bankers in Malawi. She serves as the General Secretary for the Financial Markets Dealers Association of Malawi (FIMDA), an organization that was established in 2000 with the aim of promoting ethics, financial market development through training programs, and lobbying with the Central Bank. Chikondano is passionate about financial market development and has participated in financial literacy initiatives for teenagers. Chikondano holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honors degree in Business Management from the University of Pretoria, (South Africa), and a Master of Science in Strategic Management degree from the University of Derby, (UK). Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Chikondano plans to continue her work in the financial markets and inspire the next generation of treasurers to contribute more to develop their field. Chikondano also plans to set up a leather and textile fair trade pilot program that will organize women in cooperatives and link them to markets.