Grace Malera

Grace Tikambenji Malera (born 8 May 1978) is a Malawian lawyer who became the Ombudsman in Malawi in 2021.

Life Malera was born in 1978, and she was one of the daughters born to Rosalia-Janet and Dr. Willie Lipato. and she went to work for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) as a prosecution officer.

In 2016 she left her position of executive secretary of the Malawi Human Rights Commission to become the executive director of Action Aid Malawi International. She worked for the Violence Against Women and Girls – Prevention and Response Programme from 2019 to 2021. Chizuma had been the first woman to be Malawi's Ombudsman. Chizuma went on the lead the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).

Chizuma had some issues as the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director and her contract was not renewed in 2024. The Deputy Director General Hillary Chilomba was made the Acting Director General from 5 June 2024. The interview process had to be restarted after it was discovered by Malera and her Office of the Ombudsman that two people on the ACB's shortlist (including Chiloma), failed to meet the criteria required for the position.

Private life Malera is a Catholic, and she and her husband have three children.