Dr. Dick Maganga is the current Chairperson for FINCA Malawi Limited. Previously, he sat on a number of Boards, both private and public, the last of which was the board of Vision Fund Malawi from which he retired as chairperson in 2022. He therefore has practical microfinance leadership experience.

Dr Maganga is also an experienced management consultant. He founded a management consultancy firm called AfroManagement and is currently the firm’s lead consultant in leadership development, strategic planning, corporate restructuring, performance management and corporate governance.

His professional experience includes management consulting, financial services, SME development, entrepreneurship development, leadership training and lecturing. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the then New Building Society (now NBS Bank) in Malawi; Executive Director of the Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship Development (SAIMED) in Botswana, Entrepreneurial Development Manager for the Southern Africa Media Development Fund (Samdef) in Botswana, Field Services Manager of DEMAT in Malawi, adjunct faculty at the Malawi Institute of Management and Lecturer in Business at the Malawi Polytechnic.

Dr Maganga therefore brings extensive experience both at the corporate governance level and at the executive management level.

He earned his doctorate degree at the University of Bolton in the UK, and his research focused on performance improvement. Prior to that, he obtained a Masters in Business Analysis from the University of Lancaster, also in the UK