The Registrar of Employers Organizations and Trade Unions has announced the appointment of 5 new trustees for the Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (Ecam).

The development follows after it was approved to amend the ECAM Constitution that ECAM should have 5 Trustees. The development also follows the appointment of a new executive council consisting of 9.

The new trustees board consists of the following

Mr Ahmed Sunka, Rab Processors

Mr Grant Mwenechanya, Britam Insurance

Mr Michiel Buitelaar, TNM

Mrs Zandile Shaba, MyBucks Banking Corporation

On the other hand, the following serve as the new executive council;

Mr Buxton Kayuni BR & Associates, (Vice President)

Mrs Anne Chavula, Blantyre Malaria Project

Mr Beyani Munthali, Tea Association of Malawi

Mr George Matipwiri, Greenbelt Authority

Ms Grace Dinala, Blantyre Adventist Hospital

Mr Lameck Gomani  Auction Holdings Limited

Mr Orphan Chirwa, AMREF Health

Mr Richard Kunjawa, PTC

Mrs Roselyn Lockie, Roads Authority

Last year, (Ecam), and Myjobo.com, an online job portal, signed a partnership to enhance youths’ employability skills. Ecam released a statement in which its chief executive officer George Khaki said the partnership will utilise the Talent Guardians Platform to facilitate engagement between employers, educators and youth to help employers build young people’s work readiness and increase their access to a wider range of quality employment pathways.