Biography of Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura
Education

-         Bachelor of Arts Degree in African Political Systems, Law and History from Fourah Bay College – University of Sierra Leone

-         Diploma in Group and Life Insurance from the West Africa Insurance Institute- Liberia

-         Post Graduate Diploma  in Insurance Studies and Insurance Management from Nottingham University (UK) and the City University Business School (UK)

-         Associate ship in General Insurance and Fellowship in Reinsurance from the  Chartered Insurance Institute(UK)

Past Positions

-         Co Founder  and National Coordinator,  Campaign for Good Governance

-         Consultant and Senior Advisor – World Bank, UNHCR and UNDP

-         Chairman –  Board of Directors, Sierra Leone State Lottery (Ltd)

-         Chairman- Advisory Board, Network for Collaborative Peace Building in Sierra Leone

-         Member – Board of Director, West Africa Network for Peace(WANEP) – Ghana

-         Member – Board of Trustees, International Crisis Group(Belgium)

-         Member – Board of Directors, Open Society Initiative for West Africa.

-         Member – Sierra Leone Government Steering Committee on Good Governance and Public sector reform.

-         Member – Steering Committee on Commonwealth Safety and Security Project in Sierra Leone

-         Member – UNDP- Sierra Leone Task Force on Special Initiative for Good Governance in Africa

-         Member – Sierra Leone Red Cross Finance Committee

Present Positions

-         Executive Director, National Accountability Group – Sierra Leone

-         Member - Transparency International Global Corruption Report  Editorial Board

-         Member – Governing Board – War torn Societies Project (WSP)  International (Switzerland)

-         Member – Governing Council – Port Loko College (Sierra Leone)

-         Member – Steering Committee- World Movement for Democracy (USA)

-         Member – Governing Council – Centre for Democracy and Development – UK, Nigeria

-         Advisor – Global Fund for Women African Port Folio - USA

-         Strategic Advisor -  Field Fund Foundation - USA