Chisoma Lombe, an award winning Designer, is passionate about Fashion and Design. She is the President and Creative Designer of the chizÓ brand. chizÓ was established in 2014 and has showcased its works throughout Africa and the world, with the emphasis on forging international strategic partnerships. chizÓ designs are cross-cultural designs, where African heritage meets Asian tailoring using Western designs. The brand's suits use double-fabric African linings within Western cuts. chizÓ is a high-end brand, but there is also a diffusion collection by chizÓ called zÓmi.

Chisoma is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow with the ACCA(Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) qualification, a premier global credential. She retired from a position of 'Head of Finance' to pursue her passion in Fashion and Design in June 2014. Chisoma says she is driven by her passion for exquisite style. Chisoma also has an 'Executive MBA in Leadership and Wealth Creation' and an 'Honorary Doctorate' in Human Rights.

"My own life has been transformed just by the simple act of pursuing my passion, the evolution to get to this stage has been wonderful. I believe that your passion is the fuel to your destiny". She believes that she is not just blessed but that she is blessed to be a blessing. She worked in the NGO world for over 15 years and was naturally groomed to be a Human Rights Activist, to be a voice to the voiceless. She hopes to use the platform as a Designer to bring real developmental change to the world. She has written a Memoir that is due to be published where she shares her life experiences.

A very affable person, Chisoma is determined to inspire young ladies to be all they can be. She has taken young ladies with potential and mentored them. "I believe people come across your path for a reason”

What's about to come in the future is what drives her to put in her best. For chizÓ, the future has just begun. "In the next five years, I see the chizÓ brand without any limits; having achieved the vision it set out for itself; which is to expand to other territories by God’s grace".

chizÓ designs personify comprehensive glamour by offering an intrinsic fashion sense, all-round style and understanding of what looks and feels beautiful. Interwoven with her sense of luxury, her magnificent designs are developed with a modern artistic touch. Her collections evoke an ethereal quality, which appeals to a discerning clientele, including personalities, royals and style-setting people globally, at the same time appealing to anyone with or without the fashion sense. Her work can be described as elegant and impeccable.

Her collections feature precisely constructed designs ranging from understated fashionable to decorative. They are distinctly modern but marked by rich color, lush fabrics, playful patterns and flawless construction in an African way that celebrates the essence of her rich heritage and her unbiased appreciation of the Indian sherwani. Through the use of traditional, luxury fabrics, skins, mixed prints, etc., chizÓ designs achieves the highest quality of fashion design euphoria. Gianni Versace was definitely speaking about Chisoma Lombe when he said, “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live.”