BUSINESS REPORTER
The Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) head of finance and administration, Jonathan Dube (pictured) has been elected the new president of the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe (CGAIZ).
Dube, who was previously one of the Institute’s two vice-presidents, was elected president at the institute’s recent annual general meeting, the first that has been held under the rebranded institute’s new name.
Previously it was known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe.
The institute rebranded last year in line with the rebranding of its global parent body, which changed its name from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators to the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) to better reflect the institute’s focus on governance.
The CGAIZ is the Zimbabwe division of the Chartered Governance Institute Global and an associate member of the International Federation of Accountants.
The two new vice presidents are George Chikava who is the general manager of the Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe and Lifneth Moyo, who heads the Opportunities for Youth Employment Programme being implemented by Empretec in partnership with SNV Netherlands, were elected vice-presidents of the institute.
Past president, Letitia Gaga, was appointed the Zimbabwe division’s CGI Global representative.
Dube holds Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce Accounting (Honours) degrees.
He is a registered public accountant and member of several professional accounting bodies.
He has held managerial positions in both the public and private sector.
He is an expert on International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
In his acceptance speech, Dube said good governance was critical for all organisations and was an important consideration for potential investors.
He expressed confidence that corruption in Zimbabwe would eventually be rooted out and minimised.
There was no country in the world without any corruption, he pointed out.
“We cannot eliminate corruption completely but we can minimise it. If you look at competitive indexes related to corruption, you will see that there is no country which has totally zero corruption,” he said.
He added: “Leaders have to show the way.”
