Speaker Profile: Matongo Matamwandi

_{^{Matongo Matamwandi is the current President of African Marketing Confederation. He is an experienced tourism strategist, Trade and Investment Promotion Expert, Chartered Marketer and Academician who has played leadership role in Manufacturing, Tourism and Mining sectors in Zambia. He has more than 20 years private sector and 10 years public sector experience having worked for four multinationals in marketing roles, before joining public sector. His experience as CEO includes being a Chief Executive Officer for Zambia Tourism Agency, Director General of Zambia Development Agency, Vice Chancellor of Kenneth Kaunda Metropolitan University and Chief Executive Officer for Managementor Zambia Consultancy. He regularly participates in missions for United Nations and other International Development Agencies, Governments and Business Associations, dealing with statistics and information management, funding and financing, human resource development, community based and sustainable tourism development. He has been team lead for many assignments involving formulation of regional, national and local level tourism policies, destination brand promotion strategies and investment promotion of tourism assets.}}