Day: November 29, 2023

  • Woman Crush Wednesday, Patricia Mujikwa.

    Patricia Mujikwa – Founder/Managing Director.

    Patricia is the Managing Director of Zander Mackenzie care, with years of experience in the healthcare sector. She established Zander Mackenzie Care U.K. in October 2021 after she was unable to get quality care for her grandfather who suffered from vascular dementia. He wanted to stay at home to receive his care, therefore, she knew first-hand how challenging finding at-home care could be.

    She launched the organisation to bridge the gap by providing top-notch services in the healthcare sector. Patricia prides herself in providing an excellent service for clients with care that makes a real difference. She is responsible for the overall management and direction of Zander Mackenzie Care U.K, which includes not only the customers wellbeing, but also the well-being of the staff, by offering first-class training and support at all levels. This includes their professional and personal strength, to enable care professionals deliver the very best care. She offers an amazing employment package with higher rates of pay, higher mileage, flexible working patterns and places each staff on a career journey of their choice, and a reward for their passion to humanity.

    She has been known within the industry as a ‘magician’ due to her ability to recruit successful employees from all over the U.K. She recognises everyone’s key strength and places them on further qualifications to enhance their growth and ability to develop their skills to boost their knowledge in the healthcare sector. To keep all staff engaged and focused on maintaining our high standard, she implemented an employee of the month bonus and the opportunity to win an employee of the year award. This award is an all-inclusive holiday to Spain for two. Retention has never been better as a result. Whilst also rewarding staff, she has implemented a staff structure which includes seniors, staff councillors, supervisors, and their assistants. This in turn helps staff progress through their career at each level.

    In respect to her career, Patricia comes from a background in Governance, Risk and Compliance, and having been a Data Protection Lead with a large charity, she has always been keen to give something back to her local communities through voluntary work, she discovered how rewarding, humbling and empowering it is to help others.

    At Zander Mackenzie Care U.K, we value trust, respect, and compassion, and provide personalized care services that promote independence, dignity, and quality of life.

  • Woman Crush Wednesday, Valerie Moran.

    From Forbes to CNN, BBC to live in studio with Sky News and a feature in OK Magazine, Valerie Moran’s Diversity and Inclusion story has captured the imagination. She oversaw the donation of the equivalent of 200,000 school meals to hungry children in Mali in West Africa, in co-operation with Mastercard and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The Sunday Times, in its 2019 edition of The Rich List, named Valerie as the wealthiest black female in the UK. Valerie, who has been described by a reader of The Financial Times as the “UK’s Oprah,” thus became the only black female ever to enter the list in the 31-edition history of the feature and has appeared regularly in the publication since.

    Valerie brings a refreshing air of tenacity to the worlds of fintech and philanthropy. She is a founder Director of eCOMM Merchant Solutions, a fast-growing fintech company she established with her husband in 2014. She previously set up another fast-growing fintech company called PFS, which she and her husband sold in 2019. Over the years, her analytical mind and suave management style have helped to put her companies on the global Financial Services map. Valerie and Noel are one of the world’s most successful couples in Financial Technology.

    Valerie was born in Zimbabwe to a family of five children. Her mother was a Beautician, and her father ran several of his own businesses. Growing up, her father worked extremely hard, and this same work ethic has remained with his daughter.
    After school, she dreamed of working in the medical field as a Nurse or a Radiographer. However, it was not to be as her parents discouraged these career paths for several reasons. Valerie went on to attend college and studied COBOL/Fortran/C (programming language) and other related Programming Courses. She progressed to become a talented Systems Analyst.
    Her parents greatly influenced her life, especially her mother. At home, schooling was promoted and the importance of how education gives independence and hard work leading to success. Valerie comes from a family where her aunts and uncles were highly educated and were Professors and Deans at universities. She always wanted to emulate them and aspired to be successful one day in her own career path.
    She admires people who have enjoyed phenomenal success and have given back to their communities. She would absolutely love to have met Nelson Mandela if he were alive today. Someday, she would also love to meet Richard Branson and Bill Gates. The sheer intelligence and masterminds behind what both men created intrigues her.
    Her favourite Writer is Agatha Christie. To Valerie, she is timeless and had a prodigious imagination. Valerie’s husband Noel bought her the entire book collection one Christmas. It remains one of her most treasured gifts.
    Valerie is an Official Member of the Forbes Business Development Council at Forbes.com

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