Meet Our Team
Kristian Moller is the CEO of ACE. Kristian is from Denmark, but has lived in Malawi since 2005 and has been with ACE since the first trade operations started in 2006. Kristian has since been instrumental in setting up the ACE trading system, which includes the warehouse receipt system; structured finance; bid/offer trade platform; forward contract facility; and auction system now operating in Malawi. Kristian has introduced innovative finance modalities to Malawi; these successfully financed more than 120.000 MT of commodities.
Kristian holds a Master of Law from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a Master of International Business from Bond University, Australia, and has led the process of setting up the ACE arbitration system, and is a certified arbitrator himself under the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Malawi.
KRISTIAN MOLLER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Originally from Lilongwe Malawi. John holds BSc in Agribusiness Management from Bunda College of Agriculture. Has experience in Rural and Community development field focusing on Agriculture extension, Agribusiness Management and Agriculture Production.
John joined ACE in 2019 and currently works as a Programme Assistant for Chithumba. He enjoys working with Smallholder Farmers and making an impact in transforming their Livelihoods.
JOHN MSANYAMA
FIELD AND LEARNING COORDINATOR
Prisca Muona is originally from Likoma Island in Malawi. She is a holder of an accounting degree from the Malawi College of Accountancy and is also pursuing ACCA. She has been working with ACE since 2014. Prisca is the Finance Manager at ACE, as well as member of the Senior Management Team, Human Resources Committee and a Trustee of ACE trust. The thing Prisca enjoys the most about her job is ensuring available resources are put to the intended use.
PRISCA MUONA
FINANCE MANAGER
Peter Pemba hails from Mzimba, Malawi. Peter is a Holder of BSc Degree in Information Technology from Atlantic International University, USA, a Cisco Certified Network Engineer (CCNA), a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) and also a Comptia A+ and N+ Engineer. He joined ACE in 2009 as an IT officer and was later promoted to IT Manager. His duties include managing the servers and network infrastructure, maintaining staff laptops, systems development, providing IT assistance to all staff and clients and managing the ACE Trade Platform. The thing Peter likes most about his work is putting smiles on peoples’ faces on a daily basis by helping them solve problems and supporting them in every hiccup they encounter with the system.
PETER PEMBA
IT MANAGER
Prince Chipapi is from Lilongwe and has worked for ACE since 2015, currently as an Internal Control Manager. He monitors the Warehouse Receipt System on system functionalities, compliance, enhancement of system operating controls, advising and recommendation of system data changes or modification to risk identification mitigation. What Prince likes most about working at ACE is that he has enhanced his understanding of commodity financing and its associated risks. Prince holds an Advanced Accounting and Business Diploma as well as a Certified Accounting Technician Diploma from ACCA. Prior to working with ACE Prince has worked as an Accountant at Grain Traders and Processors association and Charter insurance company limited (now Liberty Insurance) and as a Credit Transaction Manager at First Merchant Bank (now First Capital Bank).
PRINCE CHIPAPI
INTERNAL CONTROL MANAGER
Edrina Gama is originally from Dowa district in Malawi. She has been working at ACE since 2015 as an Accountant in the Finance Department. What Edrina especially enjoys about working with ACE is that the organization assists farmers to find good markets for their farm produce allowing them to make a profit from their sales. Edrina is currently studying towards ACCA.
EDRINA GAMA
ACCOUNTANT
Henry is originally from Salima district in Malawi, but was born and raised in Blantyre. He has a degree in Accounting, Auditing and Information Systems from the Malawi College of Accountancy and is currently studying for ACCA (chartered accountant). Since joining ACE in 2016, as an Accountant, Henry has been responsible for management of accounts, preparation of tax returns, bank reconciliations, reporting as well as preparing payment vouchers for all ACE Limited transactions. What Henry enjoys most about his job, is the interactions he has with farmers when they come to pay their storage charges. Hearing them tell stories about how their life is improving through farming is awesome. He also enjoys to support the informed decision making of management by providing them with reports.
HENRY KAMPHINDA
ACCOUNTANT
Lucious Ndalama was born in Balaka, but raised in Blantyre. He is a University of Malawi graduate from The Polytechnic where he graduated in 2019 with a BSc in Management Information Systems. Lucious has been working as an ICT Support Intern since November 2019 and in February 2020 he attained the position of an IT Assistant. His main duties include providing user support to ICT related issues and ensuring that relevant ICT systems are functional to maximum efficiency. The thing Lucious enjoys most about his job is providing user support as this constantly challenges him, and puts him in a place where he has to find solutions.
LUCIOUS NDALAMA
IT ASSISTANT
Lucy Gondwe originates from Rumphi district, Malawi. Academically, Lucy holds a Diploma in Business Management from K and M School of Accountancy, Malawi, and a Certificate in secretarial Studies. Lucy joined ACE in 2010 as a Receptionist and was later promoted to Trade Facilitator. Her duties include, linking buyers and sellers (trade facilitation), collecting and updating market prices on the ACE website, managing the ACE toll free line (223), sensitizing clients on how to trade through ACE and registering clients. The thing Lucy enjoys most about her work is linking clients to better markets.
LUCY GONDWE
TRADE FACILITATOR
Loveness Thandize is a Malawian national, originally from Dedza. Loveness joined ACE in 2014. As ACE’s Receptionist, she handles front desk operations and she is the first point of call for everyone visiting the Commodity Exchange. Loveness is very passionate about smallholder’s being integrated into structured trade and she is always happy when she sees more farmers use ACE services after getting relevant information through her desk.
LOVENESS THANDIZE
RECEPTIONIST
Florence Kholiwe Nkhata, born and raised in Ekwendeni Mzimba. Graduated from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 2018 with a Bsc in Human Science and Community Services.
Started working at ACE in 2020 as a Monitoring and Evaluation Intern. Her duties include data cleaning and analysis.
She enjoys working at ACE having to deal with data and helping farmers in different communities.
FLORENCE KHOLIWE NKHATA
MONITORING AND EVALUATION INTERN
Wishes Chabinga is originally from Chitipa district in Malawi, but was born and raised in Lilogwe. He graduated from DMI St johns the Baptist University in 2020 with Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Wishes has been working with ACE as an accounts support intern since December 2018, his duties include, reviewing RMA reconciliation, making payment vouchers, time sheets, filling and issuing cheques.The thing that wishes enjoys the most about his job at ACE is the appreciation and acknowledgement given by people he is working with.