The Secretariat is headed by the Director General and has main role of coordinating the development of long and medium term national development plans for Malawi including the flagship projects that would operationalise them. The secretariat is also charged with overseing the implementation of those plans and coordinate the efforts of different stakeholders in achieving common objectives defined in the overall national development agenda.

Director General
Dr. Thomas Chataghalala Munthali

Director of Finance and Administration
Mr. Chrighton Chimombo

Director of Knowledge and Learning
Dr. Joseph Nagoli

Research Manager
Dr. Andrew Jamali

Public Relations & Communications Manager
Mr. Thom Khanje

Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation Manager
Ms. Jenifer Mjuweni

Development Planning Manager
Sipho Billiat

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Mr. Austin Chingwengwe

Legal Counsel
Mr. Mtamandeni Liabunya