• Lizzie is a Director Internal Audit at ZBC
• She has got over 20 years auditing experience from having worked as an internal auditor as well as an external auditor Skills
• Knowledge of business processes, systems, governance and control
• Delivery experience on risk based internal audit, enterprise risk management and governance.
• Financial and operational audits, audit programmes, plans and internal audit charter

Other  Skills

• Consultant on business proposals/plans
• Pen fattening, cattle breeding, poultry, market gardening, retail and others.

Experience

• Auditor Zimbabwe National Army- 1998-2004
• Senior Auditor to Acting Deputy Director Of Audit Auditor General’s Office

2004-2007

• Internal Audit Manager SIRDC 2007 – 2021
• Examples of activities :
• Obtaining an in-depth knowledge and understanding of clients’ operations.
• Interpreting policies and ensuring compliance to governing statutes .
• Developing risk based audit plans
• Ensuring financial statements are prepared in accordance to IFRS
• Adding value by way of recommendations
• Presenting audit reports to the Board Audit Committee meetings.

Board Sittings

• Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ)
• Trustee – Diocese of Harare Anglican Church (CPCA)
• Traditional Medicines Practitioners Council (TMPC)
• Women’s University In Africa (WUA)

Director : ICT

Engineer Fred Gweme is a professional Electronics and Computer Engineer. He has extensive experience in the design and development of new and innovative Information and Communication Technology products and systems. He holds a BSc (Eng) Hons degree and an MPhil degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe. He also acquired an Executive MBA degree from the East and Southern African Management Institute.

In 1997, Eng Gweme joined the Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) where he has worked in various capacities, first as a Research Scientist in the Informatics and Electronics Institute. When the institute was split into two, the Informatics Institute and the Electronics and Communications Institute, he was subsequently elevated to become the inaugural Director of the newly formed Electronics and Communications Institute. He led a team of Electronic and Communication engineers and technicians that successfully designed, manufactured and commercialised a wide range of science laboratory and teaching equipment. In 2007, he joined SIRTECH, the commercial wing of SIRDC, as the General Manager of the Electronics production unit.

He was later appointed the Director of the Informatics Institute in January 2010 to lead a team of ICT specialists in the design and development of various software products. In February 2024, he was appointed the Director of ICT, a post he has held to date.

Eng Gweme is a registered Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe, a Fellow and former Board member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers, a Council member of the Women’s University in Africa and an advisory board member of the Emerald Hill School of the Deaf. He is also a member of the National e-Waste Management Task Team which has been mandated to spearhead the formulation of a National e-Waste Handling and Management Policy for Zimbabwe. Eng Gweme has published a number of papers and has written and presented papers at various forums.