Penjani Banda currently serves as a Senior Programme Associate at the World Food Programme, a position held since August 2020. Prior experience includes roles as a Food and Nutrition Emergency Consultant at UNICEF from October 2016 to August 2020, and as a Field Monitoring Assistant at the World Food Programme from November 2015 to September 2016. Earlier in career, Penjani Banda worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator for the Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains Programme at NASFAM from August 2014 to August 2015. Educational qualifications were obtained from the University of Malawi.