The great woman behind SAZ
Dr Eve Christine Gadzikwa is the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) director general and serves on the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) as a council member.
She has enjoyed an illustrious professional career in the public and private sectors and was appointed to her current executive position as director general and Board Company Secretary for the Standards Association of Zimbabwe in September 2008.
During her tenure at the helm of SAZ, Dr Gadzikwa has gained extensive industry experience and leads a diverse team of professionals. She has represented her organisation with distinction on national, regional and international platforms.
Dr Gadzikwa has a number of leadership roles accredited to her name including past Chair of The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and Past Chair Institute of Directors Zimbabwe (IoDZ).
At the continental level, she played a pivotal role in her capacity as President of African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya (2016-2019).
Today she is an ARSO council member and Champion for Eastern and Southern Africa. Dr Gadzikwa is currently championing Africa’s Standardisation Strategy & Road Map for the 4th Industrial Revolution standardisation project in collaboration with AERSO and IEEESA (USA).
Her latest appointment was in 2020, when she was elected to serve as ISO Council Member of the global standardisation body for period 2021-2023.
She has a number of accolades under her belt and has been recognised as a subject matter expert in a number of areas including quality assurance, standardisation, corporate governance, marketing, leadership and business ethics. Eve is a qualified and experienced medical laboratory scientist (bacteriologist) and a senior marketing executive of MAZ.
Dr Gadzikwa loves to write and authored her first book “I dare you to lead” in 2015. She has a passion for women and has been involved with Rafiki Girls Centre, a Christian-based organisation for disadvantaged girls aged between the ages of 17-25. She is a Rotarian member of Harare CBD.-sundaymail
