Benard Manyenyeni

Mayor of Harare 2013 – 2018

His Worship Cllr Benard Manyenyeni is the current Mayor of Harare and his term runs until 2018. Mr. B. G. Manyenyeni is a Career Business Relationship Executive having been involved in financial services business for over 25 years. He has handled portfolios of some of Zimbabwe’s top corporates. He worked in various executive capacities in the financial services sector. He is an effective leadership team player and interacts very well across most ‘barriers’ within and outside the work context. He is currently General Manager and Principal Officer of Altfin Life Assurance Company.

Mr. B. Manyenyeni is a well-blended, multi-branded community individual, relating with a diverse mix of Zimbabweans of all backgrounds – a bankable attribute for an assignment to Town House.

Academic Qualifications:

After initially studying Corporate Business Management, he converted his study credits to enrol for a M.Sc. degree in Strategic Management completed in July 2003 with the University of Derby. He did a dissertation on “The Role of Managed Funds in Venture Capital Raising.”

Former Schools

St Clare’s Primary School Murehwa

Murehwa Central Primary School

Bindura Salvation Army Primary School

St Ignatius College

Marlborough High School

University of Derby

Employment Profile

Present Positions:

Altfin Life Assurance Company

General Manager and Principal Officer over-seeing the entire operations of  the medium sized life and pensions company managing a multi-million dollar asset base.

Honorary:

Mayor of Harare – 2013 – 2018

Previous Employment:

GP2 Asset Management (Private) Limited

He joined a start-up team of two in August 2003 as the Marketing Director then promoted to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in October 2004. Grew the company to become the largest independent asset management company in record time up to the date of its unfortunate closure in 2005.

AON Zimbabwe (formerly Minet Insurance Brokers the largest broker in Zimbabwe and second worldwide then)

Joined as Divisional Manager in May 1998 and promoted to Operations Director in June 1999 reporting to the Executive Director in both roles.

Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers Limited

Senior Broker Life and Pensions reporting to the AGM Operations – Aug 1990 to May 1998.

Old Mutual Limited Group Pensions

First 2 years as an administrator, then as junior Account Executive involved in marketing and account relationship management for group pension and related funds – September 1985 to July 1990.

Air Malawi Limited

Sales and Reservations Assistant based at the Harare office with training in Lilongwe, Malawi – March 1985 to August 1985.

Other Positions and Interest

Past President of the Rotaract Club of Harare Central – the junior wing of Rotary Club. He served and represented at Club, District and World Committee levels (he was the first from Africa on the world committee). Conferred Honorary Life Membership in 1995. Received the club’s first Lifetime Service Award and was the guest of honour at the 40th Anniversary of Rotaract in March 2008.

Serves on the committee of the country’s biggest sports club Harare Sports Club where he has been Vice-Chairman for many years.

A member of Royal Harare Golf Club, REPS Theatre and Trader Horn Boating Club.

He was until recently the Vice Chairman of the Life Offices Association of Zimbabwe, the grouping of all life assurance companies in the country.

An independent non-executive Director of Pioneer Corporation Africa Limited, a company listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. It is a diverse transport company with regional operations.

A member of Movement of Democratic Change  since 2000. 

Served on the committees of Wingate Power Boat Club, Nomads Golf Club, Capital Toastmasters and Bushwhackers Golf Club.

Have been involved with Nomads Charity Day Golf Tournament and he was involved in the inaugural monthly charities programme, identifying and managing monthly recipients of Nomads support.

A smallholder farmer and have been involved in the production of export and local crops including sugar snap peas, cherry peppers, tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, potatoes and cabbages. He employs 16 employees on a full-time basis.

Have supported or been involved with both the Mayor’s Cheer Fund for 2 years and with the Prime Minister’s Golf Day for 3 years.

A Commissioner of Oaths for Harare.

An accomplished public speaker – Past winner of the National Impromptu Speaking Competition.

Past Vice–President of Capital Toastmasters.

Conference Chairman – Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe Annual Conferences for many years.

Conference Chairman – Zimbabwe Association of Pension Funds’ Annual Conference for 6 years or the past 10 conferences in Harare, Vic Falls and Bulawayo between 2004 and now.

Recently appointed Vice Chairman to the Board of Governors of St Clare’s Anglican School in Murehwa.

Was recently invited to be a lay partner at the Catholic Jesuits Partners-in-Mission projects, possibly the only non-Catholic on that body.

A keen member of St Ignatius College alumni and he is leading a $400k timeshare project to build a luxury houseboat “The St Ignatius” to commemorate the College’s 50th Anniversary.

Belongs to the St Paul’s Anglican Church Marlborough largely serving on the fellowship committee.