Our Executive Team

Dr Taurayi Tafuma

Executive Director

Dr. Tafuma (MBChB, MPH, PGDip M&E) is the Executive Director for ZHI where he serves as the overall team leader providing strategic leadership and technical direction. 

Donald Harbrick

Technical Advisor

Don has over 40 years of experience successfully designing and implementing a wide range of health projects in over 35 countries around the world. His most recent work included developing and managing over 100 health partnerships between hospitals, universities, and schools of medicine and nursing in the US with similar organizations in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. He has designed and implemented capacity building projects in Nigeria and in the six countries of Southern Africa. Most recently Don served as the Country Director in Zimbabwe for FHI 360 and was an active participant in the founding of ZHI. He has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California Berkeley. Don and his wife live in the USA.

Andrew Chasakara

Head Of Finance And Operations

Andrew Chasakara is a qualified Chartered Accountant, licensed Public Accountant and Tax Practitioner. He holds an MBA (Finance). Andrew is a renowned financial expert with over 15 years’ experience.

Robinson Gezimati

Head of Compliance, Contracts and Grants (CCG)

Robinson is a qualified accountant and development finance expert with extensive experience in the NGO sector, having managed several multimillion dollar donor-funded projects for both local and international organizations.

Gilbert Chete

Human Resources Director

Gilbert is a qualified HR practitioner with vast experience in Human Resources Management across various sectors including but not limited to telecommunications, mining, and non-governmental organizations.

Dr Emmanuel Tachiwenyika

Knowledge Management Advisor

A public health specialist with over 13 years’ experience in the design, implementation, program optimization and service quality improvement (POSQI), monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of HIV, Tuberculosis; Maternal, New-born and Child Health programs. 

Auxilia Muchedzi

Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Advisor

A Public Health Specialist with 15 years of progressive public health experience in designing, implementing, monitoring, managing health and development programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Auxilia has vast management and leadership experience with international health and development organizations. 

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