Mr. Taziona Chaponda is the Managing Director for the Malawi Agricultural and Industrial Investment Corporation (MAIIC), a Government initiated but private sector-led development finance institution. Mr. Chaponda is a Development Economist with extensive experience across Sub-Saharan Africa, having worked in the major economic centers of Lagos, Nairobi, and Johannesburg. He holds Economics Degrees from Harvard University and the University of Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD