Denys Denya

Senior Executive VP Afreximbank Group

Denys is a Zimbabwean national who holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree, an MBA from the University of Zimbabwe and an AMP from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse, he worked with Flexible Packaging Zimbabwe Ltd as Group Finance Manager for three years before moving to TA Holdings Limited as Group Financial Executive and Finance Director for TA Motors for another three years. He then began his banking career in 1996 initially at First Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe as Relationship Manager before joining MBCA Bank Limited initially as Finance Director after which he was appointed Chief Executive and MB till 2006. He was further promoted to the position of Nedbank Africa Managing Director in charge of 5 Banks in 5 Southern African countries based in Johannesburg South Africa until 2010. Denys joined Afreximbank in May 2010 as Executive Vice President responsible for Finance, Treasury, Credit, Banking Operations, ICT and Administration. In January 2024, he was promoted to a position of Senior Executive Vice President of Afreximbank Group, a position he still holds to date.