The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF)’s Board of Trustees has appointed Onno Amutenya as Acting Chief Executive and Principal Officer of the fund on Monday.
In a media statement issued on Monday, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of GIPF, Nilian Mulemi stated that Amutenya will be taking over the Acting CEO position effective from 05 August 2023 for a period of six months.
The decision to appoint Amutenya as Acting CEO was made in a view of the end of the interim CEO, David Nuyoma’s term on 04 August 2023 to allow for a handover and most importantly with due regard to the process of appointing a substantive CEO, a process that is currently underway, Mulemi said.
The chairperson further stated that Amutenya is the general manager of information systems at the GIPF and that he holds a Masters of Science degree in Financial Economics, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a post-graduate certificate in leadership development.
As a member of the executive team, Amutenya has demonstrated good leadership skills and team cohesion. Furthermore, Amutenya played, and continues to play, a critical role in shaping the fund’s information systems strategies that have underpinned the fund’s success in offering efficient and accessible services to its esteem members, Mulemi said.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency