Dr Caleb M Fundanga

Appointed to the board on 01 April 2017. Dr. Caleb Fundanga has been the Executive Director of the Macro Economic and Financial Management Institute (MEFMI) since July, 2014 a regional capacity building Institution in the areas of macroeconomic and financial management based in Harare, Zimbabwe. He had worked as Governor of the Bank of Zambia for the period 2002 to 2011 were he was bestowed several accolades during this period: Central Bank Governor of the Year for Africa and Global Award by the Banker magazine, a sister publication to the Financial Times of London in January 2007; African Central Bank Governor of the Year 2007 by Emerging Markets magazine which he received in Washington DC; and African Central Bank Governor of the Year 2008 by the Annual Meetings Daily of Nigeria. He served as Director on the Board of the African Export and Import Bank in Cairo, Egypt from 2002 to 2013. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board during this period.

Prior to joining the Bank of Zambia, he had worked as Senior Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank (1998-2002) and as Executive Director of the African Development Bank (1995-1998). Before joining the African Development Bank, he served as Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Finance, Cabinet Office and the National Commission for Development Planning of the Republic of Zambia. He started his work experience as Economics Lecturer at the University of Zambia.

Dr. Fundanga obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the University of Zambia. He obtained his Master’s Degree at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and his PhD at the University of Konstanz in the Federal Republic of Germany. Dr. Fundanga is currently the Chancellor at the University of Lusaka.