Biography

Phillimon Mlambo, born on 25 November 1975, in rural Chipinge, Zimbabwe graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology from the University of Zimbabwe in 1996. In 2002 Phil graduated with a Commonwealth Diploma in Youth Development Work from Zimbabwe Open University. He was awarded the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership Fellowship in 2003 and studied for a Master of Management in the field of Public and Development Management at the University of Witwatersrand’s Wits Graduate School of Public and Development Management, Johannesburg and graduated in 2004. In 2007 Phil was awarded the Coca Cola Africa Foundation Leadership Fellowship and completed a Transformational Leadership Program at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, Philadelphia. Phil is a career youth development worker with experience spanning street youth rehabilitation, youth sexual and reproductive health education and youth entrepreneurship and business education serving as Executive Director for Junior Achievement Zimbabwe. Phil is married to Lindrose and they have a daughter and two sons. He is active in community development and is a past president of the Rotary Club of Borrowdale Brooke and served in various capacities up to Synod Moderator (National (Lay) Chairman) in the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe.