DR TAONAZISO CHOWA (PhD)
DR TAONAZISO CHOWA (PhD) – HEAD ACTUARIAL AND INVESTMENTS
Membership to Professional Bodies
- Executive member of Actuarial Society of Zambia (ASZ).
- Honorary member of Zimbabwe Actuarial Society (ZAS).
- Member – Zambia Mathematical Sciences Association (ZAMSA).
- Non sustaining Member – Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA).
Qualifications
- Doctor of philosophy – Business Administration (Actuarial Science), National University of Science and Technology – Zimbabwe.
- MSC – Operational Research (National University of Science and Technology – Zimbabwe)
- BSC – Actuarial Science (National University of Science and Technology – Zimbabwe).
- Has over 15 years’ experience in academic teaching, research and consultancy doing investments analysis and actuarial consulting works for various pension schemes and insurance companies in Zambia and the sub-region.
- • He has performed actuarial valuation work for defined contributions schemes, defined benefits schemes as well as individual calculations and investment reports for retirement funds.
- • He is a Lecturer at The University of Zambia where he teaches and supervises research in Actuarial Science, Finance and Risk Management to the bachelors, masters’ and doctoral degree students.
- He is a part time Lecturer in the three countries of Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe at University of Lusaka, IFM and NUST respectively up to Postgraduate levels in Actuarial Science and Risk Management.
PROSPER TAFADZWA MATIASHE (FIA)
PROSPER TAFADZWA MATIASHE (FIA) is a qualified Actuary being a Fellow of the Institute and
Faculty of Actuaries (U.K). He obtained the designation of being an Actuary in 2018.
Matiashe has massive experience in the actuarial services industry having done many
actuarial consulting works in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and United Kingdom.
He
has done consulting works in both pensions, banking, life insurance, general insurance
and reinsurance industries. Your organisation will greatly benefit from his diversified
excellent skills set.
Currently Matiashe sits on the Governing Council of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
(U.K) which is the world’s best reputed actuarial training and examining body. He is also
an examiner and a marker for SP1 and SA1 exams offered by the same Institute and
Faculty of Actuaries (U.K). Additionally, he is a part-time lecturer at University of Lusaka
where he lectures students doing Masters Degree in Actuarial Science as well as a
President for Actuarial Society of Zimbabwe.
FRANCIS KAUNDA
Francis Kaunda
- is a local well known actuarial professional in the pensions and
insurance industries with more than 8 years of experience in the actuarial consulting
industry in Zambia and the sub-region. Francis is a Seniour Actuarial and Investments
Analyst for Zenix Actuarial and Risk Consultants. He has done pensions actuarial work for
many Pension Schemes in Zambia including for Bank of Zambia, Mukuba Pension Trust,
Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board Staff Pension Scheme, Airtel Zambia Staff
Pension Trust, Stanbic Bank Zambia Pension Trust, Mopani Copper Mines, ZCCM-IH, KCM
Pension Trust, NAPSA Staff Pension Trust among many others. He has hands-on
experience having been involved in a number of actuarial valuation assignments as well
as actuarial review reporting in Zambia.
Francis was working for Quantum Consultants and Actuaries for over 7 years as an
Actuarial and Investments Analyst where he was doing actuarial and risk management
consulting for many pensions and insurance clients.
- – He also worked for ZSIC Life Zambia Limited in the Technical Actuarial Department where
he was chiefly specialized in the liability management of insurance products to ensure the
matching of cashflows of assets and liabilities for optimal performance.
Francis currently sits on the Governing Council of Actuarial Society of Zambia (ASZ) as
well as on the Finance and Administration Committee of Zambia Association of Pension
Funds (ZAPF). He holds a bachelors’ degree in Economics from University of Zambia and is currently pursuing an MSC -Actuarial Science with the University of Lusaka. In addition,
he is doing actuarial professional exams with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
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– United Kingdom. He is a Certified Capital Markets Investments Advisor with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of Zambia (SEC). Your organization stands to greatly
benefit from his great local and regional experience in carrying out actuarial and risk
management works.