Global Banking and Finance Review name ABSA Zambia Head Mizinga Melu 2020 CEO of the year

Absa Zambia’s head Mizinga Melu has been named 2020 Zambia’s Banking Chief Executive Officer of the year according to Global Banking and Finance Review. This was in addition to Absa being voted best Corporate Bank and best Corporate Socially Responsible Bank among the list of accolades the rebranded bank received this week.

Absa just completed a unique Africanacity rebranding whose icing was metamorphosis of legal persona from Barclays Plc to Absa Zambia Plc in February. Mizinga has driven performance of the Zambian unit harder growing its balance sheet aggressively as the credit book expanded over 60% from the time she was appointed as Managing Director.