David Phiri

David Abel Ray Phiri (born 22 May 1937) is a businessman who is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Zambia and Chairman of the Football Association of Zambia.

He was born in Zimbabwe. DAR, as he is affectionately known, has 2 sons Sipho Phiri and Guy Phiri with Ann Phiri, whom he met at Oxford University.

David Phiri graduated from the Goromonzi high school, and went on to obtain a degree in "Social Services" from the University of Bristol and then onto Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship^[1] where he obtained a degree in Social Anthropology. He is a fellow of the Rhodes Foundation and sits on the Beit Trust in Zambia.

David Phiri has over 30 years experience in the private and public sector. He began his career in 1963 for Anglo-American-Corporation in London and joined Anglo-American-Corporation in Zambia the following year in 1964. in 1967 he became Director for Central Africa of Anglo American.^[2] From 1974 to 1982, he was Managing Director of the Roan Consolidated Mines,^[3] from 1982 to 1984 he was appointed Zambia's Ambassador to Scandinavia in Sweden.^[4] David Phiri became Governor of the Central Bank of Zambia^[5] from 1984 to 1986, after which he chaired Zambia's Prices and Incomes Commission for a year.^[6] David Phiri has Chaired the boards of several companies in Zambia including Stanbic Bank,^[7] Citibank Zambia venture capital fund, Madison insurance, British-American-Tabbacco, Holiday Inn, ZamBeef, Commonwealth Investment Fund, Atlas Copco, Barclays Bank and Blackwood Hodge.

In 1991 Phiri led the Zambian Independent Monitoring Team which monitored the fairness of Zambia's first multi-party general election. This appointment was controversial because of Phiri's close relationship with Kenneth Kaunda.^[8]

David A.R. Phiri became the first black Oxford Blue in Golf^[9] and is currently a trustee of the Lusaka Golf Club and a member of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club in Scotland. David Phiri was the Chairman of the Football Association of Zambia^[10] and various other sports club including the Lusaka Rugby club. David Phiri was awarded the order of "Grant Officers of the Order of the Eagle of Zambia second division" for his contribution to sport in Zambia.

References

1. ^ "Ice-age golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 January 1963. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=LVsVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1219,2604635&dq=david-phiri&hl=en. Retrieved 7 January 2010. 
2. ^ Sardanis, Andrew (2003). Africa: another side of the coin : Northern Rhodesia's final years and Zambia's nationhood. I.B. Tauris. p. 264. ISBN 9781860649264. 
3. ^ Stoever, William A. (1981). Renegotiations in international business transactions: the process of dispute-resolution between multinational investors and host societies. Lexington Books. p. 75. ISBN 9780669030570. 
4. ^ Summary of world broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, Issues 7529-7579. BBC Monitoring Service. 1983. OCLC 378680447. 
5. ^ Macmillan, Hugh (2005). An African trading empire: the story of Susman Brothers & Wulfsohn, 1901-2005. I.B.Tauris. p. 399. ISBN 9781850438533. 
6. ^ Legum, Colin; Barbara Newson (1988). Africa contemporary record: annual survey and documents, Volume 19. Africana Publishing. p. B-875. ISBN 9780841905573. 
7. ^ "Edfors is 2003 Stanbic Open Champion" (subscription required). The Post (Zambia). 10 March 2003. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-22667168_ITM. Retrieved 7 January 2010. 
8. ^ Wiseman, John A. (1995). Democracy and political change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Routledge. p. 206. ISBN 9780415113014. 
9. ^ Holmes, Timothy; Winnie Wong (2008). Zambia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 106. ISBN 9780761430391. 
10. ^ Mwenda, Kenneth Kaoma (2000). The dynamics of market integration: African stock exchanges in the new millenium. Brown Walker Press. p. x. ISBN 9781581124019. 

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