Lumpa is the founder & CEO of the Charity Chanda Lumpa Foundation, a nonprofit seeking to support community projects. She was a three-time CEO of the Zambia National Tourism Board, Ecobank Zambia Limited and Airtel Networks Zambia Plc and has extensive experience in insurance, banking, tourism and telecommunications. Previously, she had held executive roles in Citibank Zambia, Barclays Bank and Stanbic Zambia Ltd. Lumpa is a member of the Supervisory Board of Oikocredit Netherlands and VP of The Institute of Directors of Zambia.