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Mwanza Mukonkela
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Mwanza Mukonkela

Director & Principal

Highly accomplished and strategic, Mwanza brings more than 19 years of leadership across Banking, Insurance, Mining, and the Public Sector. She has experience leading diverse tax teams at multinationals across sub-Saharan Africa, with Big 4 audit experience and strong insurance regulatory acumen.

Mwanza is passionate about integrating sustainability and ethical considerations into business decision-making and the management of corporate and public resources.

Professional Journey

Mwanza's most recent role saw her lead the strategic planning and execution of the tax function across the SADC subsidiaries of Ecobank as Cluster Tax Advisor — SADC, gaining extensive international experience across DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe over a decade-long tenure.

Prior to Ecobank, she served as an Insurance Analyst with the Pensions and Insurance Authority, where she developed exceptional negotiation and communication skills through mediating complex industry disputes. She began her career in the Tax Department at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zambia, where she spent over five years building a track record of helping businesses and individuals optimise their tax positions.

A key passion driving Mwanza's career is the integration of sustainability and ethical considerations into business decision-making. She currently serves as Chairperson of an Audit Committee at a government ministry, actively enhancing accountability of public resources to taxpayers and stakeholders.

Areas of Expertise

SADC Taxation
Transfer Pricing
Tax Strategy
Sustainability & ESG
Banking Sector Tax
Risk Management & Controls
Tax Technology
Country-by-Country Reporting
Insurance Regulation
Credentials & Affiliations
Fellow, ACCA
Fellow, ZICA
MBA — Heriot-Watt University (UK)
BSc Hons Applied Accounting — Oxford Brookes (UK)
Sustainability Leadership — London Business School
Leadership & Management — Harvard Business School Online
Cross-Border Tax Structuring — IBFD
Government Audit Committee Chairperson
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