Kebede Lidetu Shai is currently an independent consultant working as a risk and compliance advisor for the Malawi Revenue Authority as part of a project funded by the World Bank. He served the Ethiopian Ministry of Revenue for 18 years as Director of Risk and Compliance Strategy and at various levels. He also worked as an external technical expert for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 7 different countries in Africa and the Caribbean since 2012. He worked as Manager of Compliance at Amhara Bank S.C. for one year. He has been also providing training and consulting services to government organizations in the areas of risk management, policy and strategy development, enterprise risk management and information technology consulting since 2012.