Valentine is an entrepreneur in Zambia and Southern Africa, specialising in Private Equity and General Investments. In the early part of his career, he worked at KPMG London Office. Valentine was previously CEO at the Zambia Privatisation Agency where he was responsible for the divestiture of over 240 enterprises. He later worked for CDC Group Plc, both in London and Lusaka, and is currently a Non-executive Director of the CDC Group Plc; a Fund-of-Funds Group based in London. Valentine holds several other board positions in Zambia, Australia and the United Kingdom. He is currently Chairman of Zambian Breweries, MTN (Zambia) Limited and the Phatisa Group, a Pan African Private Equity Fund Manager. Valentine is a UK Qualified Accountant and holds a Masters Degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.