Name Valentine Chitalu  
Surname Chitalu
First Names Valentine
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Country of Birth Zambia
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2008   InfraCo Director, InfraCo
2006   African Energy Resources Ltd Non-Executive Director
2003   Jonah Capital Non-Executive Director
  1987   Postgraduate Student - MPhil Development Economics - University of Cambridge
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Notes Mr Chitalu, who is a Zambian national and resident, is a Chartered Certified Accountant, Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and holds a practicing certificate from the Zambia Institute of Certified Accountants. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Economics, Finance and Politics of Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance. Mr Chitalu has had both an international and local career over a period of fifteen years in the fields of private equity, privatisation, merchant banking, corporate finance, accounting, auditing, development economics, capital markets and business/private sector development in transitional economies. He has a significant interest in private sector development in the region and is extensively networked in the region.
Mr Chitalu has worked for Meridien Financial Services as Manager, Corporate Finance and Zambia Privatisation Agency as Chief Executive Officer and most recently as Central African Director with CDC (formerly Commonwealth Development Corporation). He currently holds directorships in various private entities.
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Valentine Chitalu is an entrepreneur with a private equity, economics and accounting background. He graduated with an M.Phil in Development Economics from Kings College, University of Cambridge in 1987.

Valentine Chitalu is a member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the United Kingdom. He was until December 2003, a Regional Director at CDC/ Actis. Prior to joining CDC/Actis, Valentine Chitalu was in charge of the privatization programme in Zambia and previously worked for KPMG in the United Kingdom Valentine was previously Chief Executive Officer at the Zambia Privatisation Agency where he was responsible for the divestiture of over 240 enterprises. Valentine holds several board positions in Zambia, South Africa and the United Kingdom and is Chairman of Zambian Breweries, Stanbic Bank Limited and Afgri Corporation Limited.

[ Retrieved on 15 FEB 2008 - http://www.jonahcapital.com/our_people.htm ]
Record last updated on 26 FEB 2008