Eve Banda Nkumbula is an experienced business leader with over 25 years of experience working closely with chief executives and C-suite to build profitable organisations through human capital as a resource and providing leadership for successful business turnaround. She has demonstrated success in working in the Telecoms, Mining Banking & Financial Services sectors across 15 African markets namely Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Mauritius, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho Including Bahrain in the middle east and lived in 7 of those markets.
Eve holds a Bachelor of Arts, Development Studies and Public Administration from the University of Zambia conferred in 2000. Her postgraduate studies include an Advanced Management Development Programme from the London School of Business (2006), a Certified Consultant and Coach for Change programme from Oxford/HEC Paris (2009) and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, from Kaplan University, USA conferred in 2015.
In 2019, Eve was certified as a business coach by Gibs Institute under the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
Eve is an Author of the books Destined to Succeed and The Awakening #Looking4Me.
She is the executive Head of People & Marketing for Hollard International and the Founder of Zakar Holdings: Capital, Farms & Property and LiF Consult respectively. She is passionate about the youths and their Skills development. She therefore Set up a Nonprofit organization Called Zakar Youth Development Initiative. Through this initiative, the organisation wants to see 10,000 youths equipped with skills to enable them to become productive members of society.
Eve is a wife to Gregory Nkumbula and a loving mom to Natola. The family resides in Johannesburg South Africa and Lusaka Zambia respectively.