The Namibia Trading Company said that Shihaleni Ellis Ndjaba has been appointed as its new chief executive officer. Ndjaba will begin office effective January 1, 2008, and will give up the current office as chairman at NDTC, and secretary at the Ministry of Works and Transport upon joining as CEO to the NDTC board.%%The chairman’s office will then be replaced by Varda Shine. She said that "This appointment marks another milestone in meeting our objective of providing long-term value from diamonds to Namibia by developing world class sorting, valuing, selling and marketing practices in the country." Ndjaba has previously acted as deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and CEO at the Agricultural Bank of Namibia.