PSC appoints Allen Choruma OPC Corporate Governanc...

PSC appoints Allen Choruma OPC Corporate Governance Unit head

Allen Choruma is the new Head Corporate Governance Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet.

“His Excellency the President, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, has since approved the appointment of Mr Allen Choruma as Head, Corporate Governance Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet,” said Chief Secretary in the Office of President and Cabinet, Misheck Sibanda in a statement issued early this week.

The post became vacant following the promotion of Mr. Willard Lowenstein Manungo to Deputy Chief Secretary for Policy Analysis, Coordination and Development Planning in the OPC.

Prior to this appointment Mr Choruma was the Chief Director responsible for Corporate Governance in the OPC. He has been central in developing the public entities’ corporate governance legislation in Zimbabwe.

Mr. Allen Choruma holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and post-graduate certifications in insurance and pension management and has 32 years of experience in business management, and public, legal, insurance, media, banking, financial and mining services gained working in Zimbabwe, USA, UK and South Africa.

He has worked in government; the insurance sector; the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the mining sector in Zimbabwe and South Africa where he provided legal, compliance and corporate governance services.

He has a wealth of experience in managing Boards of Directors, training and developing Directors, undertaking Board evaluations, performance contracting, strategy development, and in ethics and risk management.

Mr. Choruma is a writer, researcher and publisher, with over two decades of business correspondence for different newspapers in Zimbabwe and for African magazines.