Ms Chipo Mtasa
CEO of Tourism Rainbow Group, Zimbabwe

The name Chipo Mtasa is now synonymous with the tourism sector within which she has scaled to claim a niche as the first woman to head one of the Zimbabwe’s largest hotel groups, the Rainbow Tourism Group in 2005.

Hardly a year later she added another feather to her cap when she was elected to lead the Zimbabwe Council for Tourism. Recently she was re-elected to head the council for another term and also landed two prestigious awards - the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority's "Best Tourism Manager in the Private Sector Award" and the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce's Business Woman of the Year award for 2007.

She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Zimbabwe and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe. Previously, Chipo worked for Sheraton Harare Hotel and Towers as the Director of Finance, where she was presented with the President’s Award in 2000.