Dolika Banda

She is a Zambian national and has extensive and deep experience in capital markets development, managing portfolios of several billion US dollars, often focused on the MSME space. She has served with Citibank, Barclays Bank, the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), the UK’s Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC Group) and the African Union’s African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Ltd (ARC Ltd). With a focus on banking and finance, her international banking and financial management experience combines operational investments as well as policy advice. She has worked across the globe, including Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Central Asia and the United States of America.

Current Board Roles
– CDC Group, the UK’s Commonwealth Development Company
– Harith General Partners, South Africa, fund manager of a US$1 billion pan
– African platform for infrastructure development across the African Continent.

Recent Awards
– Zambian Woman of the Year Award 2018
– Africa Femmes Performantes (Africa’s Performing Women) Dream Catcher’s Award for Courage 2012.