Mrs. Leya M. Ngoma

Chief Legal Officer/Company Secretary

Main responsibilities as Head of the Legal Division and Company Secretariat:

  • Provision of legal services to the office of the Group Chief Executive Officer and Management
  • Company secretarial services to the Board and Shareholders of the Company.
  • The division is responsible for statutory and corporate governance compliance in the company.

 

Work experience:

  • 22 years of work experience as a legal practitioner, 15 of which have been in corporate practice as in – house counsel.
  • 12 years performing company secretarial functions with a bias in parastatal institutions – Workers Compensation Fund Control Board, Zambia Postal Services Corporation, University of Zambia, Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited and currently, Industrial Development Corporation Limited.
  • Prior, worked in private practice with Legal Resources Foundation and Messrs. Shamwana and Company as an advocate.

 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Laws Degree. Certificate of law practice from the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education. Master classes on corporate leadership and governance. Awarded Company Secretary of the year for Zambia for the year 2019 by Quest Masterclass from Singapore.
  • Chairperson of the first Parents Teachers Association of Great North Road Academy (2014 to 2016), Board member of Superior Milling Company Limited (2018), Board member and member of the Audit Committee of ZSIC Life Limited.

 

Interests: 

Spending time with family, music, gardening, playing squash and event organizing.