Valentine Chitalu

Biography

"Valentine Chitalu is an entrepreneur in Zambia and southern Africa specialising in private equity and local private sector development. Before becoming an entrepreneur in 2004, he worked for CDC Capital Partners in London and Lusaka, focusing on identifying investment opportunities in southern Africa and portfolio management in Zambia and Malawi.Valentine was formerly Chief Executive Officer at the Zambia Privatisation Agency where he was responsible for the divestiture of over 240 enterprises. He worked for KPMG Peat Marwick in the UK and Meridien Financial Services in Zambia in his early career.

"Valentine continues to be at the forefront of promoting both local and foreign investment into Africa and he holds several board positions in Australia, South Africa, the UK and Zambia and is a Chairman of Zambian Breweries, MTN (Zambia) Limited and Albidon (Zambia) Limited. He is a UK qualified accountant and holds a Masters Degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University."

Affiliations

• Director, CDC Group
• Director, African Parks Network