Director General

Nancy Matshe (Commissioner) is the Director General of ZIPAM having joined the organization beginning of 2025. She has over 20 years of management experience. Prior to joining ZIPAM she spent 10 years with Management Training Bureau where she led the refurnishment and rebranding of the institute to a state of art government institute. She has headed finance and administration with various institutions. She is also a non -executive director of a number of organizations such as Chairperson of St Giles Rehabilitation Centre (Not for Profit (NFP), Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe, and Women University of Africa. Previously she served on the Research Council of Zimbabwe.

Commissioner Matshe is a PhD finalist student with University of Zimbabwe (UZ) where she is studying for a Doctor of Business Management. She holds a Masters in Business Administration in Strategic Management from Edinburgh Business School (EBS), and a BSc. (Hons) Economics (UZ). She is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), and an Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) with CIMA. She holds a Diploma in Accounting and Finance with ACCA, as well as a Project Management, Corporate Governance and Human Resources Management Certificates with EBS. She is an Institute of Finance Corporation (IFC) certified trainer and trains Corporate Governance and Strategic Management. She has won several leadership awards; Board Chairman of Year in the NFP sector (2023); One of the 50 Visionary & Inspirational Women in Exceptional Leadership in Zimbabwe in 2020 and 2021. Project Manager of the Year in Hospitality, Culture & Leisure sector 2021; Outstanding Leader of the Year in the Education Sector 2021; Advanced International Toastmaster Gold 2019.

Before joining the Institute he worked as an independent business consultant for several years gaining experience in management and leadership. Dr. Makande has wide experience in business education. He was a full time lecturer in the Graduate School of Business of the National University of Science and Technology where he taught Human Resources Management, Operations and strategic management to Executive MBA students. He has been a visiting part time lecturer to several other business schools in the region.

He has also worked with several other organizations including Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Reserve Bank subsidiary) as a Mobilisation executive. He has also worked as a senior consultant (Training and Development) with Best Practices (Pvt) (Ltd). He gained his operational, management, leadership experience over a period of 18 years in a state corporation where he rose from a chemist to General Manager and Chief Executive Officer. He holds a BSc degree, a masters and doctoral degrees in business administration.