CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Micklas Reuben has over 20 years of experience in oil operations management, with a strong background in fuel inventory management, product quality management, logistics, and health, safety, security, and environmental management. He has a proven track record of achieving operational excellence, improving safety standards, and driving business growth.

Mr. Reuben leads the development of fuel supply tender documents and contracts for National Oil Company of Malawi Limited and successfully negotiated sales contracts with various suppliers. He is instrumental in implementing a stock management monitoring tool and defects close-out tracking tool, resulting in improved operational efficiency.

DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SERVICES AND COMPANY SECRETARY

Dr. Nita’s expertise extends to international law, sustainable development, and diplomacy. He has worked closely with academics, policymakers, senior government officials, and has presented papers on governance and development at international conferences hosted by the United Nations, African Union, among others, and played a pivotal in institutional development and reforms of Central Medical Stores Trust, Malawi Pharmacy and Medicine Authority, National Council for Higher Education, among others. He has also trained law enforcement personnel and local communities on various legal issues.

In 2011 as master’s student, he won a World-Wide Challenge Scholarship to work with Belize Government in central America as a Student expert on energy governance. His Master’s degree in law thesis was on Energy Governance and Environmental Sustainability.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Her responsibilities include transactional accounting, financial reporting, treasury and cash flow management, debtors and creditors oversight, cost control without compromising service delivery, and engagement with both internal and external stakeholders, including external auditors, tax authorities, commercial banks, regulators, and investors.

Under her leadership, NOCMA has achieved significant milestones:

• Maximizing returns on idle funds by placing surplus money on the money market and introducing new competitive investors with board approval.
• Improving debtor management, achieving collections at acceptable levels.
• Enhancing discipline in creditor management through rigorous reconciliations, mitigating risks of duplicate payments involving substantial sums.
• Enhancing Tax compliance and protecting government revenue by requiring suppliers to submit valid MRA Electronic Signature Device (ESD) tax invoices before payment, or paying excluding VAT. Secondly, enforcing timely payment of PAYE and WHT (Pay As You Earn and Withholding Taxes). These initiatives have significantly improved compliance, reduced risk of penalties, and safeguarded government revenue.
• Influencing regulatory policy, securing a revised importer margin from MERA and supporting the introduction of a levy to address In Bond Landed Costs (IBLC) loss recovery arrears while preventing future losses.

Sophia’s leadership combines strategic financial management, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring NOCMA remains financially robust while fulfilling its mandate to secure Malawi’s petroleum supply and promote local participation in the sector.