Career
She is a former ambassador to the United States a for Malawi. She has received international recognition for championing girls education. She received her Bachelor in Social Science with concentrations in Economics & Mathematics from the University of Malawi, Chancellor College.
After this she obtained a Masters degree in Information Systems from the London School of Economics.
She soon worked as an Information Systems Analyst in Malawi, and then as a Permanent Secretary in the Public Service. She has been a civil servant since 1981.
She was the ambassador to the United States for Malawi in 2006 and was accredited for Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico. Then she began working as Principal Secretary for e-Government after her post in Washington District of Columbia