Executive team

Managing Director
Godfrey Matanda | Managing Director | Mining, Property, Investment and Strategy
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  • 30 years’ experience as senior management and mining development
  • Worked on mines within Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia & PNG producing various metals; Gold, Copper, Nickel and Uranium.
  • Master Degree in Mineral Processing Engineering (USA), a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management and a Bachelor of Science Chemistry.
  • Member of American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (SME).
Director - INVESTMENT, MINING, AGRICULTURE AND PROPERTY
Tineyi Matanda | Director | Investments, Mining, Agriculture and Property
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  • Experience in private equity, funds management, M&A advisory, corporate strategy and execution. Currently working in a boutique fund that manages over AUD$1.6B.
  • Global experience working in Africa, Australia, USA & UK with sector experience across TMT, mining, healthcare, aged care, consumer discretionary, retail, property and financial services,
  • Board Member of Africa Day Australia (largest African Australian community org).
  • Non-executive director of several Australian operating companies.
  • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia & Bachelor of Finance.
Director - aGRICULTURE, pROPERTY AND MINING
Tayedza Matanda | Director | Agriculture, Property, and Mining
  • Project management and development professional, currently working for Australia’s largest private developer as a Development Manager.
  • A track record in management and engineering in Australia, with a main focus on project/program management for multidisciplinary teams within various sectors.
  • Mining experience main focus on tailings and water dam design, restoration and management within the mining industry working with BHP Billiton (Aus), Aditya Birla Minerals (Aus) and MMG Australia.
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and a Masters of Development.
Director - Agriculture, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS 
Tandadzo Matanda | Director | Agriculture, Strategy & Operations
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  • A Cambridge University educated, serial entrepreneur, strategic consultant and venture capitalist.
  • Boston Consulting Group (Digital Ventures) alumni, and guest columnist for Entrepreneur magazine. 
  • The interim director of Australia's only venture backed female accelerator - Shestarts.
  • Master (Distinction) from the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, and Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from Monash University.

Management and consultants 

mANAGER - AGRICULTURE AND STRATEGY
Dr Margaret Matanda | Agriculture (Director) and Strategy (Director)
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  • ​An Associate Professor at University of Sydney Business School with 35 years’ experience in Agribusiness ranging from branding, supply chain management, Business-to-business (B2B) relationships and brand alliances.
  • Development consultant for not-for-profit and bilateral organisations such as the Food and Agri Organisations (FAO), USAID, UNDP & Kellogg Foundation.
  • Integral in setting-up of food and agribusiness marketing training programs in several universities in Southern Africa.
CONSULTANT - MINING INVESTMENT ​
​Comfort Paul | Investments & Mining
  • Experience across private equity, M&A advisory, transaction services with a focus on due diligence and valuation, fund raising and auditing.
  • Currently working in an Australian advisory company, previously worked for a boutique private equity firm based in Johannesburg.
  • Also worked at PwC Zimbabwe and PwC St Kitts offices in the Corporate Finance/Transaction Services and Audit Departments. Mining experience includes Bindura Nickel Mine and Zimplats.
  • Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe and member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.​
CONSULTANT - MINING OPERATIONS 
Phil Hall | Mining Consultant 
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  • Broad based mining, geotechnical and infrastructure experience across Australia and Indonesia, from geotechnical design and consulting to client and contracting side project delivery, over a range of commodities including gold, copper, coal & iron ore.
  • Consulting role to both greenfield and brownfield developments in emerging markets, with whole-of-life cycle input from initial and pre-feasibility stages through to bankable feasibility, construction, and project closure.
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the University of Tasmania with Honours.

local partners 

Mining 
ZAMBEZI has partnered with a local mining operator that is a wholly owned Zimbabwean registered mining company founded in May 2013. 

Our local partner focuses on mineral projects development, business turn around and continuous improvement using proven world class technologies and innovative engineered solutions, while addressing issues of sustainability and environmental concern. Currently our local mining operator provides the following products and services:
  • Mineral exploration, equipment hire, mining & mineral advice.
  • Production, mineral beneficiation studies, mine design, mineral processing plant design, Environmental Impact Assessments and Bankable or Definitive Feasibility Studies.
  • Brokerage Services linking investors and clients to new opportunities for creating prosperity and economic development.

agriculture
ZAMBEZI has partnered with a local operator with decades of industry knowledge and experience within Southern Africa. Our personal well versed in agricultural investment, export supply chains and onsite farm management. 

Our international partners in operations and distribution develop, produce, market and export cannabis products in legal markets around the globe. With a strategic key focus on innovation and first to market trends, the company’s vision is to develop brands of the future, which will become part of mainstream culture and household names. At its core, our partner strives to develop new lifestyle focused brands that will bring much needed originality to the global cannabis market.