Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba

Ambassador Masire-Mwamba is an international civil servant, with over 30 years senior level experience in the fields of business, development and multilateral diplomacy. She served as the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth for a period of six years up to 2014.

Her extensive experience and exposure started in the telecommunications sector as an engineer in Botswana Telecommunications Corporation. She was the first Motswana Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA). Amongst her signature projects was enhancing the global reach of the office through the opening of regional offices in Johannesburg and London; the establishment of a Global EXPO, an international export development platform and the initiation and development of a national brand - Brand Botswana.

She holds a BSC in electronics and physics from the University of London, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Pittsburgh, a Bachelor of Law degree (LLB) and an Advanced Management Diploma from IESE (Spain). She is also a certified executive coach and trainer, and is the founder of a Botswana based company offering soft skills training focusing on Leadership Accountability and Boar Governance.