Valentine Chitalu
Valentine Chitalu
Overview
Valentine is the Chairman of Phatisa Group, MTN (Zambia) and SABMiller (Zambia). He also sits on a number of boards of listed companies in the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa, as well as being a main board member of CDC Group plc. Valentine is a chartered accountant and has worked with KPMG Peat Marwick, United Kingdom, Meridien Financial Services, Zambia, and the Zambia Privatisation Agency where, as CEO, he oversaw the disposal and privatisation of around 240 businesses. He was previously Chairman of the Zambia Venture Capital Fund, was on the board of Commonwealth Africa Investments (Comafin) and was Central African Director for CDC Capital Partners, where he initiated and executed a number of private equity transactions.