Curriculum Vitae for Amon Kesten Mluwira

Name : Amon Kesten Mluwira

Nationality: Malawi

Religion Christian

Date of Birth 31st July 1980

Address C/O Mr Alex Bonongwe, Fitzgerald Attorneys, P.O. Box 30946, Blantyre.

Phone//E-mail: +265********* /+265********* /+1-405-***-****

ad2p4c@r.postjobfree.com

Membership in professional

bodies:

- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi

(ICAM).

- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

(ACCA)

Detailed tasks assigned:

Key qualifications: A Dynamic and motivated Professional with experience in Finance and Administration and

Management.

Education:

Institution Start date End date Degree / Diploma

obtained

Golden Gate University Sept, 2023 April, 2025 Master of Science Accounting Data and

Analytics (Advanced

Analytics)

University of Bolton Oct, 2021 May, 2023 Executive Masters of Business Administration

Association of Chartered

Certified Accountants

(ACCA)- United Kingdom

Jan, 2011 Dec, 2015 Chartered Accountant

Malawi University of

Business and Applied

Sciences (MUBAS)

2019 2022 Bachelor of Accountancy

University of Malawi Sep, 1999 Dec, 2003 Bachelor of Arts (Public Administration)-Credit

PAEC/ACCA Accounting

Joint Scheme

Jan, 2009 Dec, 2009 Foundation Stage

Accounting

Employment records:

Date: 2011- Current

Employer: University of Malawi

Position held: Public Finance Management Part Time Lecturer Description of duties: Teaching undergraduate under School of Law, Governance and Economics.

Supervising final year projects for undergraduate students.

Date: November 2022 – Current

Employer: Euro Exim Bank

Position held: Trade Finance Consultant- Malawi

Description of duties: Arranging acceptable terms, and closing transactions between confirmed customers and

the Bank; specifically Trade finance

instruments, (issuing letters of credit, factoring, export credit and insurance, SBLC etc.

Opening lines of communication for the Bank to

promote business expansion especially in the

territory assigned, for example, by arranging

meetings with potential stakeholders

Promoting the Bank by expanding its scope e.g

opening new accounts for customers; in the

territory assigned or any other places to enable

the clients to make swift and easy transfer of

funds.

Date: August 2019 – August 2022

Employer: Green Belt Authority

Position held: Director of Finance and Investments Description of duties: Developing, implementing and reviewing financial policies; systems and procedures; and

management and control systems.

Providing financial advice to Management and

the Board

Formulating, implementing and monitoring

short-term and long-term financial plans,

budgets and strategies within resources

allocated.

Preparation of Financial Statements and

Management Accounts

Developing and monitoring implementation

mechanisms for government investments.

Facilitating and coordinating external

auditing

Representing the Authority on financial

matters involving Government and other

stakeholders.

Liaising with Government and other

stakeholders on financial matters.

Allocating work and supervising staff.

Advising the Authority on investment

opportunities.

Preparing periodic financial reports.

Date: April 2020 – March 2022

Employer: Green Belt Authority

Position held: Acting Chief Executive Officer

Description of duties: Communicating, on behalf of the Authority, with shareholders, government entities, private

sector and the public.

Leading the development of the Authority’s

short and long-term strategy.

Creating and implementing the Authority’s

vision and mission.

Evaluating the work of other Executive

Directors within the Authority.

Maintaining contact with, the Board of

Directors, prospective investors, strategic

partners, the Office of President and Cabinet,

Secretary to the Treasury and other

government entities.

Assessing risks to the Authority and ensuring

that they are monitored and minimized.

Setting strategic goals and making sure they

are measurable and describable.

Overall management of the Authority.

Date: Nov, 2005 - Jan, 2017

Employer: The High Court of Malawi

Position held: Senior Assistant Sheriff

Description of duties: Supervising Assistant Sheriffs and coordinating their day to day work.

Formulating budgets for the department.

Formulating, implementing and monitoring

enforcement plan in liaison with the Sheriff of

Malawi.

Reviewing and implementing procedures

regarding enforcement of court orders.

Preparing the department’s monthly

enforcement and financial returns.

Enforcement of court orders.

Date: Feb, 2004 - Dec, 2005

Employer: Immigration Department

Position held: Administrative Officer

Description of duties: Serving as a team leader in new departmental projects.

Creating as well as checking the annual

department budget.

Overseeing day to day activities carried out in

the 4 regions (South, East, Centre and North).

Formulating departmental policies.

Crafting the vision, mission as well as the

Human Resource policies of the department.

Representing the department at various

meetings.

Ensuring staff comply with departmental

policies.

Determining information requiring Chief

Immigration Officer attention.

New employee orientation.

Date: Sept 2020 – Dec, 2020

Employer: Action Aid Malawi

Position held: Financial Consultant- Mid Term Review Description of duties: Consultant responsible for themes on Finance/Audit, Partnership Development and Fundraising

Date: 2020 – 2022

Employer: Malawi University of Business and Applied Science

(MUBAS)

Position held: Public Finance Management Part Time Lecturer

(Media Studies)

Description of duties: Providing training to Students on Public Finance Management course and support Research and

Dissertation/Thesis Supervision.

Date: Jan, 2014 - Aug, 2019

Employer: PACT College

Position held: Finance and Auditing Part Time Lecturer Date: 2001 – 2002

Employer: Malawi National Assembly- Parliament and Mulanje District Assembly

Position held: Intern

Description of duties: Application of learned skills in an organization.

Understanding work place expectations by

going through different sections in the

organization.

Languages: (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Language Reading Speaking Writing

Chichewa 1 1 1

English 1 1 1

Skills

Sage, QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft PowerPoint

Research Publications and Abstracts

REFERENCES

Mr. Byson Majanga

Head of Accountancy Department

Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences P/Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre 3.

Cell: +265-*********

Email: ad2p4c@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Francis Kachule

Board Member- Greenbelt Authority

C/o Ministry of Finance

P.O Box 30134, Capital City, Lilongwe 3

Cell: +265 999-***-****

Email: ad2p4c@r.postjobfree.com

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Michael Chasukwa (Phd)

University of Malawi

Head of Department (Politics and Governance)

P.O Box 280

Zomba

Cell: +265*********

Email: ad2p4c@r.postjobfree.com

I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data correctly describe my qualifications, my experience and me. 27th June 2023

Signature Date

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