Valentine Chitalu

Valentine is an entrepreneur with more than 15 years’ experience in the private sector. He has been actively involved in the development of both the private and equity sector in Zambia and southern Africa. He is the co-founder of Phatiswa Group, a sub-Saharan African private equity fund manager with funds in excess of USD400 million. He has worked for CDC/Actis in London and Lusaka and was previously CEO at the Zambia Privatisation Agency. Valentine holds several other board positions in Zambia, South Africa, Australia and the UK. He has also been appointed to the Group’s audit and risk committee.