Dr Elizabeth Lungu-Nkumbula is the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer at Workers Compensation Fund Control Board in Zambia.

She serves as a Board Chairperson of Mukuba Pension Trust, the National Vocation Rehabilitation Center and Mukuba Hotel Limited/ Zambia International Trade Fair.

She also serves as a Board Member on a Number of Institutions Including Zambia Forest and Forestry Industries Corporation, Real Estate Investment Zambia and Mulungushi University.

Elizabeth has held various key strategic senior management positions, in the largest housing finance institution in Zambia that included northern regional accountant and manager, manager banking operations and director banking operations which required significant financial experience in strategic vision alignment, team management and effective execution cutting across many disciplines.

Elizabeth is a Shareholder at pan-African building society and was engaged as its first female Managing Director to turnaround the institution to profitability and managed to save it from closure before the President of the Republic of Zambia appointed her as a Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of Workers Compensation Fund Control Board, a social security institution.

Elisabeth holds a doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) in Business Administration majoring in finance from Washington international university in United States of America and a master’s degree in business administration also majoring in finance from university of Lincolnshire and Humberside in United Kingdom

Elizabeth is a Member of Several Professional Bodies in United Kingdom and Zambia, this Includes:
Fellow Member of Association Accounting Technician, United Kingdom
Fellow Member of Institution Of Directors
Fellow Member of Institute Of Mentorship
Member of Zambia Institute Of Chartered Accountants

Elizabeth’s Past and Present Board and Association Membership:

Elizabeth served as The First Indigenous Female President of The Agricultural Society of Zambia (2010/2011) and as a First Zambian Female Deputy President of the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth in the United Kingdom (2011/2012). She was appointed Vice Chairperson of International Social Security Association Technical Committee in Geneva, Switzerland (2017/2019). And Chairperson of African Chief Executive Officers Network for International Social Security Association Vision Zero Global Campaign in 2018. Appointed by the Arch Bishop of the Catholic Church to serve as a Member of Board of Governors In 2019

Recent notable recognition awards:

A) Zambia Society Public Administration – Public Service Personality of the Year 2015.
B) Zambia Society Public Administration – Organization Excellence 2015
C) Zambia Society Public Administration – Best Community Life Changing Project 2016. ” Care And Support Program”
D) CEO Global Limited South Africa – Africa Most Influential Women 2016:
1. Country Winner
2. Regional Winner
3. Continental Lifetime Achiever Winner
E) CELD – Global Female Leadership Impact Award and Inducted In the Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame 2018.
F) The Republic of Zambia Government- International Women’s Day Certificate of Appreciation for Economic Contribution and Inspiration to Young Women in Academic Excellence 2019
G) Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, UK – Certificate of Recognition of Service.