Minister of Finance & Economic Affairs, Member of Malawi Parliament for Kasungu South and Government Deputy Chief Whip.

Holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy & Administration, Bachelor of Arts (Education) and Post Graduate in Restorative Justice and Human-rights.

Honourable Simplex Chithyola Banda is an Expert in International Trade & Development Economics, Carbon Financing and Climate Change Management. He is a renowned Human-rights Activist with over 20 years in NGO Management.

He worked at both Country Level as Country Director, and at Regional Level as Regional Representative for Africa. He also worked at Global Level as Global Partnership Lead.

Born on 1st January 1974, Simplex is married to Jean and together they have 4 children. He is a Pan-Africanist and enjoys listening to the Pan African Agenda.

At Ministry of Trade and Industry he championed transformation through his strategy that centered on 4 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which were (1) Inter-ministerial and Key Stakeholders Collaboration and Networking, (2) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development & Promotion, (3) Local Industrialization Promotion, and (4) Legal & Regulatory Framework. After 8 months of being at the ministry of Trade and Industry, he made it become a household name and championed quite a number of reforms.

At Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs, he has developed a Strategy to address the 4 Fs which are crippling Malawi’s economy and these are (1) Forex, (2) Fuel, (3) Food and (4) Fertilizers. He has focused much on implementing Structural Reforms such as Fiscal discipline through expenditure controls, Economy Diversification, Sustainable Debt Management, and Resource Mobilization.