Monica Geingos (née Kalondo; born 15 November 1976) is a
Namibian entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...
, lawyer and
First Lady of Namibia since 2015. She has been a board member and director within many of the country's large companies. She had also chaired the Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
Personal life and career
In 2012, she was voted one of the 12 most influential people of Namibia, and in 2020 she was in the list of 100 most influential African women. Geingos is a graduate of the
University of Namibia
The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, as well as the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992.
Background
UNAM comprises the follow ...
, and spent the early part of her career working for the
Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) in
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
. Geingos served as Chairman of the Board of eBank Namibia and is the managing director of the financial undertaking Stimulus, and General Director of Point Break.
Geingos holds two legal degrees B. Juris and an LLB.
Geingos married the then-
President-elect of Namibia,
Hage Geingob
Hage Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is a Namibian politician, serving as the third president of Namibia since 21 March 2015. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 201 ...
, on February 14, 2015, shortly before he was sworn into office. She has served as First Lady since March 2015.
Geingos spent 15 years in the financial sector, as a private equity and governance expert.
References
External links
Office of the First Lady
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1976 births
Living people
First Ladies of Namibia
Namibian businesspeople
Namibian lawyers
University of Namibia alumni
20th-century Namibian lawyers
21st-century Namibian lawyers
Namibian business executives