Aimable Malaala

Aimable Malaala is the Head of Compliance, Litigations and Subsidiaries Corporate Counsel. His main duty is to ensure that the Bank complies with National laws and Regulations and international best practices in Banking. He is also in charge of giving legal advice to BK Group PLC subsidiaries. As the Head of litigations department, Aimable liaises with all Judicial and Para-Judicial institutions in matters concerning the law.

Aimable Malaala brings vast experience to the Bank in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Insolvency Administration and Receivership, Energy and Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Bank of Kigali, he was a Principal State Attorney and Head of Civil Litigation Department at the Ministry of Justice/Office of the Attorney General where represented the Government of Rwanda in different cases at national, regional and international courts and also advised the Government of Rwanda on numerous projects in Energy, Infrastructure and Finance. He was part of the team of legal experts negotiating Political federation of the East African Community. He served for 8 years as a member of Government Commission in charge of settling disputes against the Government out of court.

Aimable holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the National University of Rwanda 2005, a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Human Rights from Utrecht University (The Netherlands) 2007, Master of Laws (LLM) International Business Law from University of Liverpool (United Kingdom) 2011, a Post graduate Diploma in international environmental Law (UNITAR) and holds a diploma Legal practice from Institute of Legal Practice and Development.He is a member of the Rwanda Bar Association & the East African Law Society, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London and a qualified Adjudicator under Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration.