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Violette Chanza -Santhe is an experienced Development Finance Consultant, Digital Finance Specialist, Banker and Chartered Accountant.
She is a holder of Master of Philosophy in Development Finance with the University of Stellenbosch Business School, RSA / Université Laval, Canada and a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Malawi, The Polytechnic. She is a fellow of the ACCA (UK) and is also part of the European Centre of Technology (ECT) Professional Membership Programme having attained the Galileo Master Certification (GMC) in Renewable Energy Management and Finance. She also holds European Energy Centre(EEC) Membership of the EnergyCPD Renewable Energy Professional Membership programme. As a Digital Finance specialist, Violette has attained certification in Blind Spots: Gender in Digital Financial Services, Instant and Inclusive Payments and Digital Money with Digital Frontiers Institute.
Violette has over 25 years of professional experience in both the public and private sectors, particularly the financial industry in the following portfolios: Executive management, Finance, Credit, Treasury management and international banking, Internal audit, Trade Finance, stockbroking and project management.
Violette has also carried out a number of consultancy assignments in various set ups both in the private and public entities including NGOs. She has previously worked as the Malawi Country Coordinator for The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in conjunction with Private Finance Advisory Network(PFAN) – (Vienna, Austria) and is currently the Advisor for PFAN and Get.invest (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) on clean energy and climate adaptation projects as well as Bankers Without Boundaries(BwB) Consultant – (United Kingdom). She is also currently working on a UNDP project focusing on Green businesses and private financing. As both financial and transaction advisor she has a track record in project origination, development pipeline, investment facilitation and financial mobilisation in emerging markets, especially the Sub-Saharan Africa. She has broad experience and an extensive network in the development finance institutions, the commercial banking sector, private equity funds, and of renewable power and impact investors. Her thematic expertise includes renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy access (off-grid/mini-grids), climate change mitigation and adaptation, development finance, blended finance, digital finance, sustainable finance, innovative finance and inclusive finance.
Violette has provided strategic leadership as a board director for the following institutions: Sunbird Malawi Ltd, Broll Malawi, Easy Loans Ltd, Illovo Sugar (Malawi), the SADC Banking Association-RSA and ISO's financial services committee. In addition, she has also sat on a number of different technical committees in the Ministries of Finance, Trade, Agriculture and the Reserve Bank of Malawi.