Board of Trustees
Rachel Kupara is a Chartered Accountant with vast experience in the Financial Services Sector working for various companies at senior management positions, specifically Insurance and Banking; Agriculture & Agro-processing and manufacturing industries. She has served in Boards of several big Corporates. Currently she sits on boards of BAT Zimbabwe Limited, Dairibord Holdings Limited, Financial Securities Exchange (Finsec) as Chair, First Mutual Wealth Management, and Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers.
Leif is a Danish national equipped with a background in farming, dairy and transport and logistics. He currently is the Managing Director of Kefalos Cheese Products (Pvt) Ltd a company he joined in 1997 as a Production Manager and rose through the ranks. Leif encapsulates a hands-on principle whose management approach is very unconventional and elicits self-actualization in his peers and subordinates, encouraging them to be out of the box thinkers and decision makers.
Tawanda is the Chief Executive Officer of Interfresh. He is a Chartered Accountant with considerable knowledge and experience in the financial services sector accumulated over a period spanning over 12 years. He has worked in the Meat, Horticulture and Assurance Sectors in both the local and international markets. His core strengths include capital raising, business reorganizations, strategic planning and monitoring, international financial reporting, internal controls and corporate governance among other skills sets. Before joining Interfresh Tawanda was the Chief Financial Officer at Blue Agri.
Faith is the Managing Consultant of Novelsol Consulting; specialists in transfer pricing and other tax services - a business she founded in 2017. She holds an MBA from GIBS and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. Faith is a seasoned business advisory consultant with over 13 years local and international experience in tax matters, financial advisory, international financial reporting corporate strategy, corporate accountability, and risk management among others. Mrs. Mberi recently served as a Trustee of Zimplats and the Mhondoro Ngezi Chegutu Zvimba Community Share Ownership Trust. She also served as a Board Member of Sable Foods.
Lucy is an international development professional with over 17 years’ experience in management, consultancy and leading development programs in the NGO sphere in East and Southern Africa. Lucy’s areas of expertise include strategic planning, improving operational efficiencies, project management, stakeholder engagement, operations management, donor engagement and management, and budgeting. She joined SNV Tanzania in 2017 as Deputy Country Director. She is currently the Country Representative for Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Prior to joining SNV, Lucy was Country Director of D-Tree International for 8 years where she provided strategic leadership to the Tanzania and Malawi offices. Her work experience covered a variety of sectors including women and youth economic empowerment, health, enterprise development, agriculture, renewable energy and Water and Sanitation. She sits on various Boards and consultative committees at national and regional levels with not-for-profit institutions and organizations. Lucy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and an MBA from the University of Phoenix, USA.
Kennedy Mugochi is an experienced Development expert whose career spans close to twenty years. Areas of expertise includes Programme/project management; development and implementation of complex multi-stakeholder initiatives; Human rights research and documentation; Local and international human rights and governance lobby and advocacy; Project monitoring and evaluation; Proposal writing and fundraising; Grant making and Team management. He is currently employed by HIVOS Foundation as the Regional Director for Southern Africa with the overall responsibility of managing the regional office for Southern Africa. This includes overseeing programmes and projects, operations and staff in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. He holds a Doctorate in Development Studies.