Bank of Zambia gets new Deputy Governor Administration

Africa’s second largest copper producer, Zambia, has not been spared from central bank leadership changes globally on the 20 December after the Bank of England (BOE) appointed a new Governor Andrew Bailey. Bank of Zambia has with immediate effect appointed Rekha Mhango as Deputy Governor Administration taking over from Dr. Tukiya Kankasa Mabula who retired on 15 December.

Rekha Mhango is a seasoned human resource practitioner having served in executive capacities at Zambia Telecommunications Limited and Ecobank Zambia. Before this appointment she served as in the Human Resource Directorate as Director at the central bank for close to 7 years.

Rekha holds two bachelors degrees namely of Laws from University of Lusaka and Public Administration from University of Zambia. She holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management from National University of Singapore.

Rekha’s appointment is the second appointment this year at Deputy Governor level after Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu crossed to head the fiscal unit of government and was replaced by Dr. Francis Chipimo as Deputy Governor Operations.

The Kwacha Arbitrageur