EDGAR HAMUWELE (CHAIRMAN, NON-EXECUTIVE, NON-INDEPENDENT)
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Edgar Hamuwele was born on 16 May 1963 in Mazabuka, Zambia. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom and also a fellow of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (“ZICA”). He qualified as an accountant in 1986 at the London School of Accountancy. He trained as an accountant under a scholarship from Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited (“ZCCM”) and remained with ZCCM from 1981 to 1987. From 1987 to date Mr Hamuwele has worked for the accountancy firms of Deloitte and Touche, Coopers & Lybrand and now Grant Thornton. He has been a partner in the last two firms from 1994. He is currently the Senior Partner of Grant Thornton Zambia. His work has at times previously involved being an auditor on mining companies and various prospecting companies. He has been actively involved in the development of the accountancy profession in Zambia and is a past president of ZICA. He has served on the boards of directors of several companies. He is currently a board member of the Copperbelt Development Foundation, Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies and various other companies. |
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