Julius Makoni

Julius Makoni was a banking executive in the City of London, who left his role in order to serve as an Anglican bishop in Zimbabwe. He was Bishop of Manicaland from 2009 to 2015. He subsequently returned to banking, with a position at the International Monetary Fund. During this appointment he began studying theology, ultimately returning to university to obtain a theology diploma from the University of Cambridge. He was ordained as a deacon in 2008, and as a priest in 2009, serving in the Church of England. He resigned the role in 2015, in order to return to banking.

Personal life Maconi was married to Pauline Mutsa Makoni. She divorced Bishop Makoni in legal proceedings in the English courts which began in 2013, and concluded in December 2014. There were subsequent legal proceedings in Zimbabwe, where the courts upheld the legitimacy of the English court decisions, particularly in relation to the disposal of marital properties in both London and Zimbabwe.