Ms Ndisale, a national of Malawi, holds a Doctorate in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota in the United States, a Master of Science in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida in the United States, and a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics and Mathematics from the Chancellor College, University of Malawi.
She started her career in 1981 as Agricultural Economist with the Government of Malawi and also as Research Economist. From 1993 to 2002, she worked as a consultant for FAO and various international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the areas of sustainable development, agriculture and food security. In 2002, she joined FAO as Policy Officer in the Regional Office for Africa, in Accra, Ghana. Between 2004 and 2007, she served as Head of the Rural Economy Division with the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From 2007 to 2008, she was Programme Leader for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) out-posted in Abuja, Nigeria. In 2008, she was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malawi to Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Principality of Monaco and Switzerland, as well as Permanent Representative to the EU, UNESCO, WTO and Rome-based Agencies
(RBAs) where she served until 2014. She returned to FAO headquarters in 2014 as Deputy Director of the Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division (ESP) and in 2016 she was designated Director ad interim ESP. Since 2017, she has been serving as Strategic Programme Leader for Hunger Eradication, Food Security and Nutrition Programme (SP1).