Dr. Henry Chikova is Head of Strategic Planning and Programme Management. He joined the Public Service Commission in October 2022. He has vast experience in corporate governance processes for social security and pensions administration, having started his career as an Economist with the Ministry of Finance in 1992.

He then moved to the Central Statistical Office, where he was a Statistician and Demographer from 1992 to 1995. Following that, he joined the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) and worked there from 1995 to 2004 as a Statistician/Economist before rising through the ranks to the post of Director Benefits, Schemes Planning and Research. He later became Acting General Manager in the same organisation (NSSA). From 2017 to 2020 Dr Chikova worked for the International Labour Organisation as an External Collaborator in Malawi, Eswatini and various SADC countries in the field of social security and social protection. He was also the Social Protection Technical Officer for Sudan, from 2021 to 2022, assisting the government in social protection policy development and capacity strengthening of social insurance institutions. Dr Chikova has published three books and also co-edited one other book, all in the areas of social security and social protection. He has published several peer-reviewed journal papers.

He holds the following qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Development Studies (Social Security Modelling), UZ; Master of Social Protection Financing (University of Maastricht – The Netherlands); Master of Business Administration (UZ); Master of Science in Population Studies (UZ); Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Economics (UZ); and a Certificate in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (UNISA).