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Trustees

Godfrey Pasipanodya  
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Currently, Commercial Director at Rainbow Tourism Group, Godfrey is an experienced business and marketing practitioner at both managerial and executive levels with over 16 years exposure in Sales, Marketing and Business Operations in the Hospitality and Public sectors of the Zimbabwean economy.

Godfrey\'s wealth of experience in the Tourism industry is of significant importance to the FOZ Trust particularly regarding the tourism portfolio. With excellent communication skills, exceptional leadership and team building abilities, his experience and managerial capabilities have been critical in the growth of the FOZ concept in its primary role of marketing the country abroad and ensuring guaranteed growth and success of Face of Zimbabwe. He is also a board member of several companies which include Air Zimbabwe Holdings and Marketers Association of Zimbabwe.

Gloria Ndoro  
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Gloria Ndoro is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Consultant of Global Business Assignments Incorporated a management consulting firm she started in 1991 with a single focus to assist CEOs and their top management teams to develop their organisations in order that they deliver their business and organisational strategies.   

Previously, Gloria lectured Management related courses across several Southern African Universities.  She has been consulting since 1988 for the private sector, the public sector and the international community, such as IFC/World Bank, AMSCO, USAID, UNDP, NORAD and many other organisations. Gloria is also a Decorative Artist and is the sole design capability behind all the wrought iron creations (ornamental furniture and decorative artworks and collectible) at Totem Shumba Metal Studio which is located at Totem Shumba Estate, a business she started in 2009. Gloria also has business interests in the property and food sector in Southern Africa. She lives in both Zimbabwe and Southern Africa where her business interests are concentrated.

Lance Mambondiani  
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Lance Mambondiani is a banker with many years experience at executive level. He worked previously as Managing Director of several ZSE listed banks in Zimbabwe. Before commencing his banking career, he trained as a legal practitioner. He is also an academic and leading economic and investment analyst on Zimbabwe and several other Africa countries. Within the FOZ Trust, Lance is responsible for the charitable engagements and provides oversight over fundraise and administrative operations.   

He is currently engaged as an Executive Director (International Markets) at Coronation Financial, a UK based financial advisory services firm. He is also a Teaching Assistant in Financial Markets and Corporate Governance and International Finance for Development at the University of Manchester.  Lance serves on the boards of and has interests in several companies in the media industry and in the financial sector. 

 

Pam Tairoodza  
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Ms. Pam Tairoodza has a wealth of experience in the marketing field with a career path that has seen her working for a number of ZSE-listed companies. She has a total of 10 years of leadership experience having worked at various managerial capacities in the tourism, ICT and automotive industries in Zimbabwe. She has extensive selling, customer service, branding, marketing and business development experience.

She is currently the brand manager for a Pan African hotel group with a footprint in numerous African countries, managing more than 20 brands including the corporate brand and all sub-brands; both hotel and non-hotel.A holder of a diploma in marketing management, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Ms. Tairoodza has embarked on a Masters in Strategic Management with a UK university. She is an avid reader and a keen Toastmaster, a tourism enthusiast, enjoys fine food and good movies and is currently learning how to play golf. Pam is married to George, and they have 2 daughters Reese and Renee.

 

Mike Tashaya  
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Mike Tashaya is an accomplished marketer and business leader and is currently the Managing Director at Quartz Marketing, a marketing consultancy he founded 3 years ago and has since built a formidable portfolio of clients. Based on his expertise, Mike is responsible for Marketing and Sponsor management for FOZ Trust.

Prior to that, Mike was the Business Development Director for Blaz Media Ltd, an award winning Web Design Agency based in the UK. In his early carrier, Mike worked for world leading brands including British Telecom where he was part of the Business Insights team, and later worked as a Marketing Executive at Vodafone. He is a holder of a Bachelor of Psychology Science Degree from the University of Bristol.

Jeff Madzingo  
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Jeff is currently the CEO of New Zimbabwe Media, one of the widely read Zimbabwean internet newspaper. Within FOZ Trust, Jeff has oversight over the Tourism portfolio and business development. Jeff is also responsible for Media and communications.  

He is a UK based businessman, banker by profession and a qualified Independent Financial Adviser with interests in banking, Finance and Media Industry. Jeff holds an MBA in international Banking and Finance from the University Of Birmingham, UK and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.