Mrs Judith Kateera

Mrs Judith Kateera attended the University of Zimbabwe and obtained an Honours degree in Economics in 1986. From 1993 – 1994, she studied for a Master of Arts degree in Development Economics at the Centre for Development Economics (CDE) at Williams College, Massachusetts USA. She underwent on the job professional development training in the areas of computer literacy, personnel management, macro–economic analysis for structural adjustment, economic analysis and strategic planning, privatization, options and financing techniques, financial programming and policies, risk management, and negotiation skills.

Mrs Kateera has worked in the civil service since 1987, rising from the level of an Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, to being senior Administrative Officer, Senior Economist (Social Dimensions of Adjustment), Principal Economist (Public Enterprises), and Chief Economist and Assistant to the Minister of Finance. She joined the Privatization Agency of Zimbabwe under the Office of the President and Cabinet as an Investment Analyst/Banker in July 2000, after which she was appointed Principal Director (Treasury) in the Ministry of Finance in March 2004.

Mrs Kateera has also undertaken work assignments for the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, USA.