Born on the 20th of October 1962 at Gutu Mission Hospital,Mr Gutu is the senior and founding partner of the firm.He holds BL(Hons) and LLB degrees from the University of Zimbabwe. He was admitted to practise law in Zimbabwe in 1986.He is a member of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, and the International Bar Association. He is currently studing for a Master of Philosophy degree with the University of Zimbabwe and the title of the thesis is:-
THE RULE OF LAW IN POST-INDEPENDENT ZIMBABWE BETWEEN THE PERIOD 1980-2000: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE OBSERVANCE AND NON-OBSERVANCE OF THE RULE OF LAW IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
Mr Gutu is a former public prosecutor having worked in the Ministry of Justice for two years. He is a director of two companies with interests in the retail business sector as well as the satellite television sector.
Amongst his hobbies, he counts, golf, karate and chess. He is a keen football fan supporting Caps United Football club on the local scene and Arsenal on the international scene.
Mr Gutu is also the Chairman of Unlimited Media Company (Private) Limited, the producer of a popular TV soap called Estate Blues.In June 2007 he was appointed chairman of the Food Standards Advisory Board of Zimbabwe.The FSAB is a 17 member board whose core function is to advise the Minister of Health and Child Welfare on all matters relating to food and food standards.His term of office runs until 31st of May 2010 and it can be renewed.
Mr Gutu is also one of the lawyers in Africa who have been engaged by the World Bank`s Doing Business project.He has prepared and submitted reports to the Monitoring and Analysis Unit Investment Climate Department (CICMA) IFC - The World Bank Group 1818 H Street,N. W., Washington DC. The project`s website is hosted at www.worldbank.org
In his spare time,Mr Gutu enjoys reading.He has a passion for reading and research and he has been invited,on several occassions,by local NGOs to present papers at workshops and serminars.He has presented papers at workshops organised by Transparency International Zimbabwe Chapter as well as Amnesty International Zimbabwe Chapter.Mr Gutu has written extensively on human rights and some of his articles have appeared on online publications such as www.newzimbabwe.com and www.zimdaily.com Some of his articles have also been published by the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper,one of Zimbabwe`s leading business weeklies.
Mr Gutu has provided legal advice to major corporate clients such as Telecel International,Transparency International,ACCA Global,ZESA Holdings (Private) Limited, Release Power Investments (Private) Limited, and Inter Ocean Aviation,a big aviation company based in Mauritius.
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