Mr. Peter Kelvin Simbani has a Masters degree in International Development Studies from the University of Bradford in the UK. He joined the Ministry of Finance on 7th November 1989 after graduating from Chancellor College of the University of Malawi with a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree.

All his working life, he has been dealing with aid coordination and resource mobilization issues in the Ministry. He has specifically managed the following aid portfolios, UNDP and all UN agencies, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation, and the EU. Over the years, he has acquired additional professional qualifications to manage EU, World Bank, African Development Bank and UNDP projects. He is married to Vutiwe and has four children.