Management
Our Executive Management Team
Dr. Ronald Mangani
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ronald Mangani
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ronald studied economics, finance and investment at the Universities of Malawi, York and Cape Town, and held visiting scholar positions at the International Monetary Fund Institute and the University of Oxford. He started his career as Assistant Finance Officer at the Malawi Institute of Education, before joining the University of Malawi (UNIMA). Until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Press Corporation Plc in 2023, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Malawi (UNIMA), Chairman of Old Mutual Malawi Limited, and Director of First Capital Bank Malawi. He was Secretary to the Treasury of the Government of Malawi between 2014 and 2017. Previously, he also served as an independent director on the boards of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, the Malawi Stock Exchange, MDC Limited, and the Malawi Institute of Management, among others. He also sat on the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of Malawi. He is a founding member of the Economics Association of Malawi. He is also a network member of both the African Economic Research Consortium of Kenya, and the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa hosted by the Tanzania-based Eastern and Southern African Management Institute.
Dr. Lyton Chithambo
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Lyton Chithambo
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Chithambo holds the following qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy, Finance, a Master’s Degree in Finance and Risk, and Bachelor of Accountancy. He is also a Fellow of both ACCA and the Higher Education Academy of UK. He is an alumnus of both the prestigious INSEAD Business School Advanced Management program and the Oxford’s Said Business School Bank Governance program. He has over 20 years of dedicated, broad Malawi financial market knowledge and extensive hands-on Malawi experience in high level financial and risk analysis, business and strategy development and management, project analysis and management and diverse aspects of operations management. His expertise in turnaround strategies was also confirmed by his certification by Harvard Business School corporate revitalization strategies program completion. He also has substantial and impactful peer review research publications in Finance, Accounting and Risk. Prior to rejoining the corporate world, Dr Chithambo lectured in finance, accounting, investment management and risk in the United Kingdom for three years. Prior to this, he had spent almost ten years at the Reserve Bank of Malawi helping champion reforms in the financial sector supervision division. Additionally, he served as the past president and chairman of the ACCA Malawi panel board. He currently sits on various boards of the subsidiaries of Press Corporation Plc.
Moureen Mbeye
Chief Finance and Administrative Executive
Moureen Mbeye
Chief Finance and Administrative Executive
Ms. Moureen Mbeye holds a Master’s degree in Executive Business Administration (EMBA), is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Certified Public Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy.
She is a seasoned and results-driven finance professional with over 20 years of diverse experience in leading financial operations and organizational management, with a strong focus on driving sustainable growth and achieving strategic objectives. Her expertise spans strategic planning and execution, financial planning and performance monitoring, internal controls, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition to her executive role, she serves as a Director on the boards of several PCL Group companies.
Ms. Mbeye has been part of the Press Corporation Plc (PCL) Group for 17 years, serving at both subsidiary and Corporate Office levels. She currently holds the position of Chief Finance and Administration Executive / Company Secretary.