Our People

Phil
Mnisi
is
the
7th
Governor
of
the
Central
Bank
of
Eswatini
appointed
by
His
Majesty
King
Mswati
III
on 1st
July
2022.
Prior
to
his
appointment
as
Governor, he
served
as
the
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
Eswatini
Sugar
Association
for
6
years
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
Standard
Bank
Eswatini
for
4
years.
He
was previously
the
Assistant
Governor
of
the
Central
Bank of
Eswatini,
a
position
he
held
for
4
years.


A
Chartered
Marketer
Southern
Africa
(CMSA) and member
of
the
Institute
of
Directors
in
Southern Africa
(IoD),
Phil
holds
a
PhD
in
Leadership
and Management
from
Logos
University,
USA;
a
Master's
Degree
in
Business
Leadership
(MBL)
from
the
University
of
South
Africa,
a
Bachelor
of
Commerce Degree
from
the
University
of
Eswatini.
He

has
 completed
an
Executive
Leadership
Development Programme
from
the
Gorden
Institute
of
Business Science,
South
Africa;
and
a
Programme
on Investment
Appraisal
Management
from
Harvard
University,
USA.

His
corporate
leadership
experience
spans
more
than
30
years
in
Eswatini
and
abroad.
In
South
Africa,
he
worked for ABSA as Head of Group Talent Management and also held the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Insitute of Bankers.

In Eswatini, he has held senior positions at Nedbank, Eswatini Industrial Development Company and the Commonwealth Development Corporation. Dr. Phil is experienced in corporate governance, strategy and leadership after having served in various companies and organisations locally and internationally as a Chairman and/or Board member. These included Chairmanship Portfolio of the Bureau and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Committee of Governors of Central Banks, Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI), International Suger Organization (ISO).

He has also served in various national commissions as the Chairman, including the National COVID-19 Resource Mobilization Committee and the Royal Commission for Reviewing the Terms and Conditions of the 11th Parliament of the Kingdom of Eswatini. He is the Founder and Senior Pastor at His Harvest Fellowship Church.