Mrs mukwandi chibesakandu was recently appointed as the first femalae chief executive officer at ank effective October 2020.with an illustration career spanning over 20years she hails with wide experience in various financial industry roles. Her financial services journey began as a graduate associate in standard chartered Bank rising through the ranks to management and directorship roles.she held senior roles at stanbic bank, access bank and bank of zambia.she also has been no executive board member at Zambia revenue authority (ZRA), vision fund, higher education loans and scholarship board (HElSB) and the global fund country coordinating mechanism. She is currently board of board committee member of the right to care NGO,Allick khata foundation, the livestock development trust and the strategic committee of the mulungushi conference center.she is also a Zambia working group member of the Commonwealth development cooperation (CDC) Africa list. She was appointed was also appointed in January as 2018 as the first female chief executive officer of the national savings and credit bank (NATSAVE) and led the bank through a successful implementation of a turnaround plan resulting in wide market recognition. Mrs mukwandi chibesakandu holds a degree in economics from University of Zambia and a masters degree from University of Manchester alliance business school she recently bestowed as a fellow of the Zambia institute of banking and financial services and the Zambia institute of directors