Our People

Meet the Team

At Klapton Re, we believe in providing a platform for all talented, vibrant, and skilled industry individuals to thrive. The company is run by a dedicated and experienced executive management team comprising the Managing Director and Chief of Finance, responsible for recruiting trained and expert staff to run the company’s various divisions.

The Board

Mike Lawson

Mike Lawson Board Chair

Mike Lawson is the CEO of SLA. Consolidated Limited, an Investment Holding Company for Global Insurance/Reinsurance ventures.

He is a qualified accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and began his career in 1990. He has over 25 years of financial services experience, working in multiple areas of Structure Finance, including Commercial Banking Finance and Structured Corporate Finance.

He has held numerous senior positions in multinational banks, including; Lloyds Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Sanwa International, including the Head of Finance at Lloyds Corporate for Capital Markets and Head of Strategy in a sales and distribution role.

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Chiluba Mumba

Chiluba Mumba Board Non Executive Director

Ms. Chiluba Mumba holds a Master of Laws Degree in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of London, a Bachelor of laws degree from the University of Zambia (UNZA).

Ms. Chiluba Mumba holds a Master of Laws Degree in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of London, a Bachelor of laws degree from the University of Zambia (UNZA).

She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Law and Postgraduate Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration from the University of London. She has also pursued professional courses in Corporate Governance, International Comparative Banking Regulation and leadership.

Ms. Mumba is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Equitas Legal Practitioners in Lusaka Zambia, an Advocate of the High Court for Zambia and all the Superior Courts in Zambia, and a Member of the Law Association of Zambia.

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Danny Joffe

Danny Joffe Board Non Executive Director

Danny Joffe began his career with Aegis Insurance Company in SA in 1996 as a legal advisor after completing his law degree and a Master of Laws in Insurance and Company Law.

Danny worked for the Hartford Steam Boiler for three years before joining the Hollard Insurance Company in South Africa, where he currently heads up its legal division in the non-life space.

Danny sits on insurance agents and company boards in South Africa and has specialised in regulatory governance.

He is also chair of Aurora, an insurance company in South Africa that specialises in court bonds.

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Musonda Chisanga

Musonda Chisanga Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer

Musonda has ten years of external audit experience with the international audit firm KPMG in Zambia and the United Kingdom.

He has overseen the management of numerous audits in various financial services sectors such as banking, investment management, insurance, and reinsurance.

He also served as Head of Finance and Administration at Thebe Investments Limited, developers of the Nkwashi Housing project during its start-up phase responsible for establishing the finance department.

Musonda is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA-UK), and a Zambian Institute of Chartered Accountants member. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Monash University South Africa.

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The Management

Musonda Chisanga

Musonda Chisanga Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer

Musonda has ten years of external audit experience with the international audit firm KPMG in Zambia and the United Kingdom.

He has overseen the management of numerous audits in various financial services sectors such as banking, investment management, insurance, and reinsurance.

He also served as Head of Finance and Administration at Thebe Investments Limited, developers of the Nkwashi Housing project during its start-up phase responsible for establishing the finance department.

Musonda is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA-UK), and a Zambian Institute of Chartered Accountants member. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Monash University South Africa.

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Herfty Muzyamba

Herfty Muzyamba Head of Underwriting

Herfty brings a wealth of over 10 years underwriting experience through his professional journey that began as a marketing executive at Goldman Insurance Limited,

then underwriting at General Alliance Insurance Zambia Limited, before
joining Aon Zambia Limited. His later professional years were anchored at Professional Insurance Corporation Zambia Plc, before joining Klapton Re as underwriting manager.

Herfty holds a Bachelor of Science in Pensions
& Insurance Management from the University of Lusaka, a National Diploma in Insurance from Zambia College of Pensions and Insurance Trust (ZCPIT), and is Associate member of the Insurers Institute of Zambia (IIZA).

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Joan Bwalya

Joan Bwalya Risk & Compliance Officer

Joan has extensive experience in both internal and external auditing, gained at a renowned global accounting firm in Zambia.

She has served as the Lead Accountant for numerous audits across various industries such as finance, manufacturing, and not for-profit organizations. Joan holds the ACCA Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business and is a ZICA Licentiate Accountant license holder.

Currently, she is actively pursuing further qualifications to complete her professional accounting certification.

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Chalwe Sandala

Chalwe Sandala Financial Controller

Chalwe has over six years work experience of which four were with an international Audit firm, Deloitte & Touche.

She served as Audit Senior for numerous companies, among them, renowned insurance
companies in Zambia. Prior to joining Klapton Reinsurance Limited, Chalwe was Assistant
Finance Manager for Hollard Life Assurance Zambia Limited.

Chalwe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics majoring in Finance and Credit. She is currently pursuing her Masters in
Accounting and Finance as well as a professional qualification in ACCA.

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Board Committees

Reinsurance, Claims, and ICT Committee

Robert Sichilimba

Robert Sichilimba

Robert has a wealth of experience in insurance and reinsurance spanning over 35 years having started his career in insurance in Zambia State Insurance Corporation Ltd in 1977.

He successfully headed the setting up of the first domiciled reinsurance company in Zambia namely, Emeritus Reinsurance Company Ltd, formerly Zambian Reinsurance Company Limited which started trading in April 1999. He served on the Boards of Zambian Investment Holdings Ltd, Zambian Re, as a non-Executive Director for two years and First Reinsurance Company domiciled in Botswana. He also served as one of the first five members of the Disciplinary Committee of the Insurers Association of Zambia.

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Danny Joffe

Danny Joffe

Danny Joffe began his career with Aegis Insurance Company in SA in 1996 as a legal advisor after completing his law degree and a Master of Laws in Insurance and Company Law.

Danny worked for the Hartford Steam Boiler for three years before joining the Hollard Insurance Company in South Africa, where he currently heads up its legal division in the non-life space.

Danny sits on insurance agents and company boards in South Africa and has specialised in regulatory governance.

He is also chair of Aurora, an insurance company in South Africa that specialises in court bonds.

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Audit, Finance, and Investment Committee

Maulu Hamunjele

Maulu Hamunjele

Maulu O. Hamunjele is a Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (FZICA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) of the United Kingdom.

In addition, Maulu holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Edinburgh Business School of Scotland.
He has vast experience in finance, audit, investment, and risk management gained over a wide spectrum of businesses. Maulu worked for the Bank of Zambia for over twenty years in financial regulation and compliance. He served on several boards that include the boards of Lusaka Securities and Exchange, ZICA and Kwacha Pension Trust Fund. In the early days of his career, Maulu gained audit and business consultancy experience at Coopers and Lybrand and Price Waterhouse and worked as Finance Manager for Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) in Mpika, Zambia.

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Risk and Compliance Committee

Danny Joffe

Danny Joffe

Danny Joffe began his career with Aegis Insurance Company in SA in 1996 as a legal advisor after completing his law degree and a Master of Laws in Insurance and Company Law.

Danny worked for the Hartford Steam Boiler for three years before joining the Hollard Insurance Company in South Africa, where he currently heads up its legal division in the non-life space.

Danny sits on insurance agents and company boards in South Africa and has specialised in regulatory governance.

He is also chair of Aurora, an insurance company in South Africa that specialises in court bonds.

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Maulu Hamunjele

Maulu Hamunjele

Maulu O. Hamunjele is a Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (FZICA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) of the United Kingdom.

In addition, Maulu holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Edinburgh Business School of Scotland.
He has vast experience in finance, audit, investment, and risk management gained over a wide spectrum of businesses. Maulu worked for the Bank of Zambia for over twenty years in financial regulation and compliance. He served on several boards that include the boards of Lusaka Securities and Exchange, ZICA and Kwacha Pension Trust Fund. In the early days of his career, Maulu gained audit and business consultancy experience at Coopers and Lybrand and Price Waterhouse and worked as Finance Manager for Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) in Mpika, Zambia.

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Remuneration & HR Committee

Chiluba Mumba

Chiluba Mumba

Ms. Chiluba Mumba holds a Master of Laws Degree in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of London, a Bachelor of laws degree from the University of Zambia (UNZA).

She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Law and Postgraduate Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration from the University of London. She has also pursued professional courses in Corporate Governance, International Comparative Banking Regulation and leadership.

Ms. Mumba is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Equitas Legal Practitioners in Lusaka Zambia, an Advocate of the High Court for Zambia and all the Superior Courts in Zambia, and a Member of the Law Association of Zambia.

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Vikali Mwale

Vikali Mwale

Vikali is a competent and diligent professional having diverse experience in the areas of human resource management, Strategic Organisation Management, Corporate Governance affairs;

including corporate reputation management, company secretarial practice and regulation management, she has hands wide experience in Human Resources Management and administration of large and small corporations in a wide range of industries including mining, insurance, financial institutions, education and utility organizations. In addition to the above attributes, she brings to Klapton Re her wide experience in company secretarial practice, corporate governance issues and strategic management practice coupled with a very solid background in cost effective management of human resources to ensure the achievement of strategic objectives.
Vikali has strong leadership capabilities with excellent ability to coordinate with different people, and has the capacity to bring out the best in others while creating a healthy and friendly work environment as a human resources management practitioner; thus enhancing operational efficiency and optimizing resource utilization. She is multi skilled with strong conceptual, analytical, evaluative and communications skills.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Zambia and an MBA from the Zambia Open University. Driven by her desire to share knowledge, Vikali recently obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching Methodology to help with the part-time lecturing she does from time to time. She is a full member of the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management and the Institute of Directors of Zambia.

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Kelvin Siwale Road
Rhodespark
Lusaka, Zambia

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+260 211 222 696

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