Our Team

Innocent Rukweza is the CFO of Kuvimba Mining House. An accomplished chartered accountant ,with over 15 years’ experience in senior leadership positions in the financial services sector, Innocent is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe and a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting Science from Oxford Brookes University (UK), a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with Honours in Accounting from Midlands States University (Zimbabwe), and a Master’s Degree in Business Leadership (MBL) from the University of South Africa.

With over a decade of practical exposure, Innocent has gained valuable experience in the fuel, tourism, and mining sectors in both Zimbabwe and South Africa. His extensive background underscores a rich set of executive and operational financial skills.

Patrick Maseva-Shayawabaya is the Managing Director of Freda Rebecca Gold Mine Limited who has a wealth of experience of 30 years in executive management within Zimbabwe and the SADC region. His extensive career includes notable positions such as Chief Finance Officer and Executive Director at various prominent companies. He has held these roles in Hippo Valley Estates Limited (Zimbabwe registered and listed), Zimplats Holdings Limited (Guernsey registered and ASX listed), Shanta Gold Limited (Tanzania operation and AIM listed), Teichmann Group (South Africa registered), and Bindura Nickel Corporation Limited (Zimbabwe registered and listed).

Eng Munashe Shava is the Head PGMs of Kuvimba Mining House with over twenty years experience of working in the Mining sector in Zimbabwe at strategic leadership level. He is a seasoned mining executive with vast greenfield and brownfield mining start-ups expertise. He possesses solid multi mineral commodity experience across regional and national geographical environments. Mr Shava is a member of; Mine Managers' Association of Zimbabwe, The Southern Africa Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe.

Eng. Munashe Shava is the CEO of Great Dyke Investments who boasts a rich background with over twenty years of experience in the Zimbabwean mining sector. His career has been marked by strategic leadership at a high level, demonstrating expertise in both greenfield and brownfield mining start-ups. Eng. Shava's proficiency extends to a solid understanding of multiple mineral commodities across various regional and national geographical environments.

As a seasoned mining executive, Mr. Shava is actively involved in professional organizations, including membership in the Mine Managers' Association of Zimbabwe, The Southern Africa Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe. Additionally, he serves as the board chair of ZCD, showcasing his commitment to industry governance and leadership.

Deric is a University of Oxford Executive MBA scholar and has been in the mining and commodities trading space since 2012. He is passionate about building businesses and creating sustainable employment. He joined Kuvimba Mining House in 2020 and was a key member of the team that developed and implemented the turnaround strategy for one of its subsidiaries, Zimbabwe Alloys Limited. As Zimalloys Managing Director, he led two rounds of fundraising which saw the business restart chrome smelting and open three new concentrator plants. He is currently the Head of Bulk Minerals, a cluster that employs 350 people.

Nyasha is a registered chartered accountant (ICAZ) with over sixteen years’ experience in various finance and auditing roles. The experience straddles varied industries including insurance, banking, higher education and the last nine years within the mining sector in Zimbabwe. He is also a holder of the Master of Business Leadership degree with the University of South Africa and a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe and Institute of Internal Auditors Zimbabwe.

Nyasha has a proven track record of enhancing financial and operational processes within organizations having been involved in setting up finance functions at various entities. At Kuvimba, Nyasha is involved in setting up the internal audit, risk management and anti-money laundering compliance functions for the group.

Tendai Mandingwa is the Head of Corporate Affairs with over twenty years experience of working on a global level in various fields of international development and global governance ; business architecture redesign ; community development and political strategy . In Zimbabwe , she worked as director radio stations for AB Communications - ZiFM and pioneered the establishment of Hevoi FM and 98.4 before being head hunted to Head Radio and Television leading the programming transformation of the national broadcaster in 2017. She is renowned for renaming SFM to Classic 263 and resuscitating the broadcaster radio programming , in particular National FM and Power FM as well as naming and establishing the Byo based Khulumani FM .

She is a sought after strategist who fronted the Exodus & Co marketing and strategic development and working in the infrastructure development sector with companies like Bitumen world , Platinum Groupe , Public Service Comission , First Mutual Life etc .

Tendai holds an MBA ( 2007) from Michael Smurfit Business School ; MSC from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ; MA in Community Dev and a BA in Philosophy .

She has sat on various international boards and three times named one of the 50 most influential Africans in Ireland, and one of the 50 most influential women in Zimbabwe .