Dr. David M. Kalaba​

Dr. David Kalaba is an accomplished and results-driven Corporate Executive with over twenty-seven years of experience in strategic management, operational oversight, and team leadership in higher learning Institutions. He is seasoned trainer in corporate governance & leadership, strategy, projects and finance. Experienced consultant in strategy, resource mobilization, governance audits and board performance evaluations.

Dr Kalaba is tasked to support the Director General in providing strategic direction and oversight of the Institute’s activities and programs. Dr Kalaba is responsible for providing strategic guidance, oversight, and driving the institute’s core offerings, including executive training research and management consultancy, as well as academic training. He leads, guides, and supervises the technical implementation of all program operations.

Dr Kalaba has served in other senior leadership and management roles for Boston University School of Public Health, Right To Care Ltd, European Union’s NAO and Care International

• Doctor of Business Leadership, University of South Africa (UNISA)
• Masters in Business Administration, Maastricht School of Management/ESAMI
• BSc in Applied Accounting, Oxford Brooks University, UK
• Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK
• Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)
• Fellow of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), UK
• Fellow of Institute of Directors – Zambia (IODZ)

• Kalaba, D,. (2023) – An Enterprise Cost Management Conceptual Model For Strategic Alliances – The Case Of Zambia Telecommunication Sector (Doctoral thesis)
• Kalaba, D, Juntunen A, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Ngoma T, Mataka KK, et al. (2023) A cost description of the setup costs of community owned maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(4): e0000340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000340
• Kalaba, D, Sakanga, VIR, Chastain, PS, McGlasson, KL, et al. Building financial management capacity for community ownership of development initiatives in rural Zambia. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 2020; 35: 36– 51. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2810
• Kalaba, D,. (2009) The Role of Corporate Governance Standards in the Current Crisis: What needs to be done to restore confidence and stability in Financial Systems?
• Kalaba, D,. (2008) Foreign Direct Investment and Employment Creation in the Zambia Mining Sector (MBA thesis)
• Kalaba, D,. (2006), The Analysis of the effect of Corporate Governance on British Petroleum (Z) Plc (BSc thesis)