Chizuru joined the GEF in 2010 as Senior Technology Transfer Officer.Her work focuses on coordinating technology transfer initiatives in climate change as well as other emerging activities within the GEF.

Prior to joining the GEF, she was Senior Programme Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and led a programme to facilitate the transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) in water and sanitation. In this capacity, she coordinated one of the largest UN interventions in the environmental field in Iraq to transfer ESTs and ecosystem management practices for the Iraqi Marshlands.

Chizuru first joined UNEP in 1993, helping to initiate the National Cleaner Production Centre network. She became a Fulbright Fellow in 1997 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), receiving her Ph.D in Technology, Management and Policy.

Prior to returning to UNEP in 2003, she was a researcher at MIT, focusing on mitigating environmental impacts of the transportation sector in megacities and making policy recommendations. In addition to her Ph.D, Chizuru holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Rice University and a MS in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.