Sérgio Chitará has been appointed for a four-year term and replaces South African John Macaskill as Chairman of the Board of Directors of FNB Mozambican President.
With extensive professional experience, Sérgio Chitará has spent the last 20 years managing private organisations, most notably Vale Moçambique and the USAID Speed+ project.
He was sustainability manager and country manager for Vale Mozambique (a Brazilian multinational mining company) and the companies in the Nacala Logistics Corridor, including Malawi, and was responsible for leading the transfer of Vale’s assets in Mozambique and Malawi to the new shareholder Vulcan Resources, a subsidiary of the Indian company Jindal.
He has worked as a manager in the public and private sectors, most notably as Executive Director of CTA in the management of processes to improve the Business Environment and as National Director of Forestry and Wildlife in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, particularly involved in reforestation and environmental conservation activities.
He has a degree in forestry from Eduardo Mondlane University, an MBA from Bradford University and a master’s degree in forest industry technologies from Bangor University in North Wales, both in the UK.
A highly experienced business management professional, Sérgio Chitará will contribute to FNB’s great journey of transformation.
A highly experienced business management professional, Sérgio Chitará will contribute to FNB’s major transformation journey, centred on the promise of evolution, excellence in the services it provides, customer experience and digitalisation.
‘I meet an FNB that is undergoing a remarkable process of change. Last year we changed our image, making it more modern, and launched our digital channels. We are centred on our Customers and have a responsibility towards them and we want to ensure that through our services and our platforms, we deliver on our promise to help. I’m happy to be able to contribute to FNBM’s growth,’ he said.
At a time when the world is experiencing the deepest economic and geopolitical concerns, a series of consecutive climate shocks and an increasingly complex macroeconomic environment, ‘the economy has generally proved resilient and is on the right path towards sustainable and prosperous development.
Despite these challenges, FNB has performed satisfactorily and I am confident that we will continue to be solid and relevant to our clients, employees and shareholders,’ said Chitará.
With a management that is also centred on people, Sérgio Chitará added: ‘I believe that an organisation cannot be successful without competent, motivated and engaged professionals, being a team that walks the path with the same vision.
Our strategy also involves creating a working environment in which employees have the space to create, innovate and bring solutions that meet the needs of our clients,’ he concluded.
