Joana Matsombe

Mrs. Joana Jacinto David Matsombe – Executive Director and Member of the Board, was born on April 4, 1954 in Inharrime, Inhambane Province. She holds a Master degree in Finance Economics by the University of London from  1996  and a degree in Economics by Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo from 1994.

She joined the Central Bank in 1974 as a clerk. In 1976 she was lecturer of shipping documents and responsible for the bonded warehouse. In 1980 worked as Analyst for International Commercial Contracts before she was appointed as Head of International Relations in 1987.

Mrs Matsombe was nominated Director of Import Directorate in 1989 and later she was moved to the Department of External Commercial Operations, as Director. In 1992 was appointed Director the Department of Exchange Operations.

In 1997 Mrs Matsombe was appointed Executive Director and Member of the Board of Directors at the Central Bank of Mozambique. She has experiences as a  Lecturer of Banking at  the Instituto Superior de Ciência e Tecnologia de Moçambique between 2005-2008.