About us
CoSoZ promotes the professional status, image and credibility of members to ensure Professionalism.
Our Mission
To create a platform for sharing and promoting best practice among compliance
professionals and influence the market to do the right thing.
Our Values
To be the preeminent organisation for compliance professionals and stakeholders in
Zimbabwe.
CoSoZ is registered under a Notarial Deed of Trust and it is the umbrella body for Compliance Professionals which was launched in 2016 at a colorful ceremony attended by all financial services regulators some of whom have been directly mentioned above. It is a standard setting body which
promotes international best practice in the interests of developing the standard of regulatory compliance and ethics. CoSoZ promotes the professional status, image and credibility of members to ensure
professionalism.
It is a forum for Compliance Professionals to exchange views, information and the encouragement of best practice. It is the informed voice and lobbying body for Compliance Professionals which establishes dialogue with stakeholders and makes submissions to regulatory bodies and government in relation to the development of policy and legislation on compliance issues. CoSoZ members are drawn from all sectors of the economy and hold a variety of roles within large and small organizations.
It is a forum for Compliance Professionals to exchange views, information and the encouragement of best practice. It is the informed voice and lobbying body for Compliance Professionals which establishes dialogue with stakeholders and makes submissions to regulatory bodies and government in relation to the development of policy and legislation on compliance issues. CoSoZ members are drawn from all sectors of the economy and hold a variety of roles within large and small organizations.
CoSoZ is currently managed by a Board of Trustees which comprises of 6 Trustees and an Executive
Council with 10 members who are compliance professionals drawn from various sectors within
Zimbabwe.
In terms of stakeholders, CoSoZ has identified 12 key stakeholders which it will work with and form strategic alliances over the next five years and in the interim Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) have since been signed with Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), Navigant (Pty) SA and Oxley.
As a way of increasing our visibility in the market and also conscientising the public about compliance issues, CoSoZ hosted four webinars in 2020 on issues that were topical i.e. Covid-19 and PPE, the evolution of Financial Crime, role of compliance under Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) and the Mozambican Insurgency risk.
In terms of stakeholders, CoSoZ has identified 12 key stakeholders which it will work with and form strategic alliances over the next five years and in the interim Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) have since been signed with Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), Navigant (Pty) SA and Oxley.
As a way of increasing our visibility in the market and also conscientising the public about compliance issues, CoSoZ hosted four webinars in 2020 on issues that were topical i.e. Covid-19 and PPE, the evolution of Financial Crime, role of compliance under Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) and the Mozambican Insurgency risk.
