Mr. Norman Mataruka is the Chairman of Aurex (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. He is also a Director and Registrar of Banking Institutions at the Reserve Bank. He has 22 years banking experience including four years as Head of Risk with a regional investment bank.

He has been involved in all facets of bank supervision including bank licensing, developing of guidelines, supervision and closures; and revision of the Banking Act.

He is listed on the IMF roaster as a short term expert in Banking Supervision and is an accredited consultant with MEFMI. He has worked with IMF and MEFMI affiliated countries in Eastern, Southern and West Africa in the areas of corporate governance, risk management, corporate restructuring and risk-based supervision of banks. He is also an associate of the Institute of Bankers (Zimbabwe).

He holds:

• Bachelor of Business Studies Honours degree (University of Zimbabwe)
• Masters of Business Administration (University of Zimbabwe)
• Masters of Science in Real Estate (University of Pretoria, RSA).

Charity Kadungure has extensive banking experience having worked for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for over twenty five years. She has broad experience in the drafting of the various Exchange Control Statutory Instruments, policy formulation and implementation, training, research, statistical analysis of both the country’s imports and exports. She has also worked extensively in Exchange Control on analysis and registration of service contracts as well as investments analysis.

She also championed the computerisation of exports from a standalone system to an on-line and real time nationwide system which is linked to banks, ZIMRA, NECI, Tourism and Transport operators.

Charity is currently the Deputy Director of Imports at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. She has attended numerous regional and international workshops and conferences on international trade, investment and exchange control.

She holds:

• Bachelor of Business Studies Honours Degree (University of Zimbabwe).
• Master of Business Administration in Banking and Finance (University of Wales in conjunction with Manchester Business School – UK).

She is currently studying towards a Doctorate of Philosophy Degree in Banking and Finance with the Zimbabwe Open University.