Organisational Capacity Developers Institute

STAFF CURRICULAE

The Executive Director

Memory Chimwendo

Mrs M. Chimwendo

MA (Econ.), Bsc.(Economics & Computer Science)

Memory Chimwendo is a Master Trainer and Executive Coach.

Memory is known as a highly interactive and engaging trainer. She has conducted courses around the globe for multi-national companies and coached their managers and executives to higher performance; this experience allows her to relate to all managers whether from different corporate or ethnic cultures.

Some of the courses she has facilitated in are: Strategic Management, Human Resources Management, Management Information Systems (MIS), Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E), IT, Research Methods, Macro Economic Policy Analysis, Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS), Governance, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Reforms, Microfinance and Credit Management among others.

Memory ardently believes that we learn best when we are challenged to solve problems that are immediately relevant to our daily lives and that fun and humour are essential to a good Training Session.

She is also a part-time tutor for Master of Business Administration (MBA) program for Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) in Business Statistics, Management Information Systems (MIS) and Quantitative Methods.

Danny Julius Guduli

Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). - (Senior Consultant)

Dan is a qualified Auditor and Practicing Accountant with Certificate of Practice. He has vast experience in training and consultancy in the Finance and management field.

Over the years, he has trained personnel from both the public and private sector in the following areas: Audit for Internal Auditors, Managing the Internal Audit Function, Financial Management of Donor-funded projects, Accounting for Decision Makers, Advanced Spreadsheet Skills for Finance, Corporate Finance, Risk Management/Corporate Risk and Security Management, Finance for Non-Finance Managers, Computerised Financial Management, Microfinance and Credit Management, Financial Information Systems, Public Financial Management (PFM) Performance, Strategic planning and many more.

He is also a Member of Botswana Institute of Accountants

Thabani Sibanda

(Masters in Business Administration); (Bachelor of Commerce: Accounting) – Senior Consultant

Thabani is a specialist in the area of Financial Management having worked for a long time in the Ministry of Finance in Zimbabwe being responsible for coming up with budget estimates in preparation for the Zimbabwe National Budget.

Over the years, he has accumulated tremendous Training experience in various people management aspects. Some of the areas he has trained in are:

Participatory Budgeting & Expenditure Tracking: Tools & Techniques,
Audit for Internal Auditors,
Internal Auditing and Internal Controls
Computerised Accounting Systems Computer Auditing
Value For Money Auditing (VFM)
Advanced Financial Management
Corporate Governance
Accounting for Decision Makers
Investment & Portfolio Management
Managerial Finance
Project Costing and Budgeting

JACOB KAWONGA

(M Sc. in Development, Postgraduate Certificate in Development Evaluation ) – Senior Consultant in Project Management

Key competencies
Jacob Kawonga is a Development Practitioner with Specialist Expertise in Monitoring and Evaluation. He has vast experience & expertise in:

Management of development programmes and Monitoring & Evaluation.
conducting impact evaluations, baseline surveys,
development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems,
conducting data quality reviews, and M&E capacity building.
Jacob has excellent computer skills including use of computer statistical packages like SPSS and Minitab.
Jacob has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as Monitoring and Evaluation Expert for Global Fund supported programs in Malawi.

Also worked for World Vision Malawi first as a Projects Manager for Integrated Development Projects which included, Education, Agriculture, Micro Enterprises Development Projects, Gender and Development, and Health and HIV and AIDS, before becoming a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for 11 Integrated Rural Development Projects for World Vision Malawi.
He conducted M&E assessments for recipients of Global Fund resources and conducted data quality reviews for Global Fund programs in Malawi.
He co-evaluated a Sustainability Study for a UNICEF funded, Government of Malawi Water and Sanitation Program.
Jacob has also worked as an Independent Consultant on part time basis on the European Union/Government of Malawi funded Micro projects programme, conducting Feasibility Studies and Project designs for Community Production in the Southern and Central Regions of Malawi.
Jacob has also worked for Management Sciences for Health in Namibia as a Senior Programme Associate- Projects Management, Monitoring and Evaluation and Strategic Information.

He is a member of the American Evaluation Association and the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS).

Maxwell Mhura

(MBA-Wits University); (BSc Degree) in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer science – Senior Consultant

Background: Senior Business Analyst; Senior Financial Analyst; Senior Management Consultant; Business Statistician; Business Process re-engineering Specialist; Senior Risk Management Specialist; Senior Credit Risk Analyst; Senior Process and System Analyst; Senior Business, Financial, Risk Consultant.

Technical Skills / Competencies / Knowledge and Experiences

Project Management / Business Planning Skills
Data modelling / Data Analysis
Structured / Formal Analysis Methodologies and Techniques
Ability to structure information and data from multiple sources
Exceptional Financial Analysis, Credit Analysis, Fund Analysis and Modelling Skills (MS Excel)
Business Mapping / Process Analysis and Design
Resourceful and persistent in accessing Information
Ability to conduct Research
Business Acumen Business Requirement Specifications / Business Cases
Performed the role of a Lead Analyst and / or interacted / managed stakeholder relationships at senior management level as well as with users
Document and approve business requirements specifications and change requests
Manage stakeholder expectations at senior management / director level as well as users
Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Analytical / Structured Thinking
Attention to detail
General Business Acumen
Team Player with a solution orientation and commitment to delivery in agreed timeframes
General FS Industry knowledge
PowerPoint Presentation Skills
Simulation Models / Scenario Testing
Feasibility Studies / Business Case Organizational Skills
Experience in Business Model Development and Maintenance
General Organizational Systems Knowledge (Structures, Process, IT etc)

Has working experience as a:

Business Statistician
Professional Banker
Financial Analyst
Risk Analyst
Risk Management Specialist
Quantitative Analyst
Business Risk Credit Analyst
Business Analyst
Statistical Analyst
Actuarial Consultant
Management Consultant
Business Process Consultant
Business Consultant

Some of the areas he has trained include: Research Methodology & Data Analysis, Six Sigma methodology, Lean Principles, Capability Maturity Model Index, Re-Engineering Processes, Levels of Work Theory, Change Management, Enterprise Resource Planning [ERP / MRP], Customer Relationship Mngt. [CRM], Value Based Management [VBM], Emotional Intelligent & Leadership Development, 20 Keys - Visual Management, Project Planning - interdependencies, resourcing, cash-flow, Critical Chain / Microsoft Project, Asset Management, Working Capital Management and Risk Management

Assani Matsvororo

(BSoc in Human Resources Management) – Consultant

Assani is a specialist in the area of Human Resources Management and Development having a Bachelor of Social Science Degree in Human Resources Management.

Over the years, he has accumulated tremendous Training experience in various people management aspects.

Some of the areas he has trained in are: Human Resources Management, Personal and Organisational Development, Managing Organisational Change, Result-Oriented Management (ROM), Performance Management, Applied Strategic Planning, Total Quality Management (TQM), Marketing Management, Industrial Relations, Public Relations, Team Leadership and Managing Conflicts, Institutional Development for Permanent Secretaries and Senior Executives, Strategic Management, Employee Benefits & Salary Administration, Managing the Training & Development Function, Leadership Skills for Women Supervisors, Transformational Leadership, Effective Communication Strategy, Stress & Time Management, Critical Skills for Managers, Management Development Programme (MDP) for Executive Assistants, Managerial Decision Making, Planning & Developing Human Resource Capabilities.

Sebastian Kanyemba Jr.

(BSc Honors Applied Environment Science) - Consultant

Sebastian is a specialist in the area of Environmental Management and Safety and Health issues in the workplace, having a Bachelor of Science Honors degree in Environmental Science.

With time, he has accumulated a vast wealth of experience in Safety Health and Environmental Management training having worked for 7 years in the field.

Some of the areas he has experience in training are:

Environmental Imapct Assessment
Community-Based Natural Resources Management
Safety & Risk Management
Behaviour-based Safety
Renewable energy and Sustainable Resource Management
Environmental Auditing
HIV/AIDS at the workplace
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Environmental Strategies

Otto Tawanda Chisiri

(B.com honours in Marketing, N.U.S.T. Zimbabwe, Diploma in security studies, Post Grad Diploma in Public Relations Cert. in Counter Trafficking For law Enforcers in Southern Africa.) – Consultant

Otto Tawanda Chisiri has vast expertise in communications, public relations and management.

He has also trained / facilitated on these courses: Personal and Organizational Development Managing Organizational Change and Development; Result – Oriented Management (ROM); Applied Strategic Planning; Institutional Development Management for Permanent Secretaries and Senior Executives; Effective communication & interpersonal skills, Management Development Programme for Managers, Administrative Officers and Administrative Assistants;

He carried out research on behalf of I.O.M on human migration and human trafficking issues. Formulating and administering Plumtree Migration Survey to ascertain migration experience of returned migrants.

HALIMA KOLO ABDURRAHMAN

(BA (Hons) Eng.Language; Pg.D. Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield England.) – Consultant

Halima has vast 'hands on' experience in the area of Communication and Public Relations in the work environment, she:

Has facilitated on various topics under Communication in the work place.
Lectured English language at the Kaduna Polytechnic in Nigeria.
Has also worked as Software Training Manager – organizing, scheduling and training clients in various Software packages
Has worked as a Public Relations Officer at the Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd (NITEL),
Has worked at the Federal Mortagage Bank, Nigeria as a Manager for the Computer Centre, managing a staff of seventy two which consisted of programmers, data entry staff and Optical Mark Reading Staff.

ASSOCIATE FACILITATORS
Apart from the above-named facilitators, OCDI has also a pool of facilitators from other higher-learning institutes like the University of Swaziland and other Universities in the SADC region.

ADMINISTRATION AT OCDI