Ms Dumisani Mashingaidze is the Company Secretary and Legal Executive and is responsible for the corporate services portfolio which includes the corporate governance advisory and legal advisory functions.

Ms Mashingaidze has over 37 years working experience, and her experience spans having worked in private (court) practice, working in the civil society sector in human rights and women ‘rights, and has experience working in legal advisory and corporate secretarial roles in the private business sector. She has held senior managerial positions and has held board positions in the civil society sector and the private business sector.

She worked in private legal practice and was a partner at Hove Mutasa & Associate Legal Practitioners, then became the Director-of the Harare Legal Projects Centre (A project centre of the Legal Resources Foundation -LRF ), then National Coordinator of a UNDP project on Women in Politics and Decision Making ,National Coordinator for Women and Law in Southern Africa-WLSA (Zimbabwe Chapter), Secretary to the Law Society of Zimbabwe, Senior Legal & Regulatory Manager at Econet Wireless (Pvt) Ltd , Head Legal and Corporate Governance in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Director Advisory Services at AMG Global CA (Z), Executive Programme Coordinator of Afrika Women Leadership Institute, Pretoria in South Africa, Director of the Gender Equality Fund (Zimbabwe) , Legal & Administration Manager -Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe , Company Secretary & Legal Advisor-Jinan Mining (Pvt) Ltd, Legal & Administration Manager -ZCDC.

Ms Mashingaidze holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA), a Post Grad Diploma in Women’s Law, a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB), and a Bachelor of Law Honours degree (BL Hons), all from the University of Zimbabwe. She is a keen good corporate governance practitioner who believes in the practice of good governance be it in the public, corporate (for profit) and non-profit sector. She is also a Commissioner of the Zimbabwe Media Commission.