The Office of the President has today announced the appointment of Mrs Yasmin Umarji as the new Chief Executive Officer of the National Council for Children (NCC) from 1st August 2020.

Mrs Umarji has a Bachelor's degree in Education from Kingston University, and has over 35 years' experience in education management, with recent focus on leading school improvement, in the United Kingdom.

She will replace Mr Jean-Claude Matombe who will be retiring from the post on 31st July 2020 after 22 years' service in the NCC; he was appointed CEO of the NCC in March 2017.