As of the 1st September 2019, Marie-Chantal Kaninda has been appointed Executive Director Head of Corporate Affairs for Glencore DRC. Immediately, prior to joining Glencore, from March 1st, 2017 to August 2019, she was named Executive Director of the World Diamond Council (WDC). She also held several responsibilities in International mining companies, she was the Chief Advisor for External Affairs, Africa at Rio Tinto Corporation, a position she held since 2012. Before joining Rio Tinto, she held Administrative, Communication and External Affairs roles with Ashanti Goldfields, AngloGold Ashanti, and De Beers. She has provided her expertise to several community development projects in Africa, including successfully relocating a community in Angola, implementing several Stakeholder Engagement strategy plans for a variety of African operations, supporting the Kimberley Process.
A native of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ms. Kaninda is founder and creator of a non-profit organization, the MCKM Foundation, which focuses on education for girls in the DRC. She is the chairperson of the British Congo Business Group (BCBG), and chairperson of an Anti-Corruption Working Group for the private sector in the DRC, she is a Board Member of Standard Bank DRC, and a Board Member of KCC (Kamoto Copper Company); and until end April 2017 she has been a Board member of the Diamond Development Initiative (DDI).
Marie-Chantal Kaninda, has also been selected as the 14th most influential Women in Africa, in the category, Public, by Forbes Africa. This is the second time she is selected.
Fluent in French and English, she holds an Economics degree from the University of Liege in Belgium.