Mrs Linah Mohohlo is the Governor of the Bank of Botswana, having been appointed in 1999, following a 23-year career, during which she worked in several operational and policy areas of the Bank.  She has also worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and, in her capacity as Governor of the IMF for Botswana, she has been a member of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), representing the Africa Group 1 Constituency which comprises more than 20 English speaking sub-Saharan Africa countries.

Mrs Mohohlo serves in Boards of major corporations in Botswana and abroad.  Among her international engagements was the appointment as Eminent Person in 2001 by the former Secretary General of the United Nations (Kofi Annan) to oversee the evaluation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa, and recommend the way foward.  She was later appointed by the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Tony Blair) to the Commission for Africa with a mandate to address Africa’s poverty and stagnation challenges; the Commission’s report (Our Common Interest) was published in 2005.  She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Africa Emerging Markets Forum, and a member of the Africa Progress Panel together with, among others, Kofi Annan (Chairman), former Prime Minister Tony Blair, former IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus and Professor Muhammad Yunus (the founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Laureate).  Mrs Mohohlo is a member of the Investment Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, having been appointed by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2008.

Linah Mohohlo is a recipient of several awards, among which are: The Banker Magazine’s Central Bank Governor of the Year (2001) for Africa and the Middle East, Euromoney’s Emerging Markets Central Bank Governor of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa (2003), Presidential Order of Honour (2004) - Botswana’s highest public service award in recognition of efficient and devoted service, Botswana’s American Embassy’s Vanguard Woman Leader (2004), African Times Africa Leadership Award (2007), African Banker’s Banking Regulator of the Year (2007), and Euromoney’s Emerging Markets Central Bank Governor of the Year (2008).

Mrs Mohohlo has read accounting and business, economics, finance and investments at the University of Botswana, The George Washington University (Washington DC) and University of Exeter (UK), and has undertaken the Executive Management study programme of Yale University.  She has authored, presented and published a number of papers/book chapters mainly in economics, finance, reserves management and governance.