Diane is Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Kigali. Since she joined in 2016, Diane has steered the bank through a digital transformation journey with aspirations to increase customer satisfaction, improve profitability and drive retail and SME customer acquisition.

Diane has also driven the expansion of the BK Group business into General Insurance, Investment Banking and Technology to respond to growing needs of the market and diversify sources of income for the company. Under her leadership, BK Group became the first home grown company with a balance sheet valued at over USD 1 billion.

Prior to joining Bank of Kigali, Diane served as the Head of Strategy and Policy and Chief Economist at the Office of the President. Diane earned her bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and PhD in Economics from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Her research areas mainly concentrated on Risk Modeling and Measurement.

While in Switzerland, she worked as a Fixed Income Portfolio Engineer at Credit Suisse in Zurich and taught Statistics at the University of Fribourg, before moving back to Rwanda in 2009.

Diane also participated in the inaugural Senior Executive Program Africa by Harvard Business School in 2017.

Mr. Yves GATISMBANYI is a Chief Risk Officer at Bank of Kigali Plc. He has vast experience in financial sector particularly in risk management. He has been the Head of Risk and Compliance department in Bank of Kigali since early 2010 and later joined Bank of Kigali Executive Management Team as the Chief Risk Officer. Yves served as a bank examiner at the National Bank of Rwanda for ten years.

Prior to joining Bank of Kigali, he was the Head of Compliance and Internal Control at I&M Bank-Rwanda. He holds an MBA in finance and accounting from Mount Kenya University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National University of Rwanda. He also has a diploma in Risk management in Finance & Banking and is a certified lead risk manager from PECB.

Rohit Dhawan as Chief Information Officer at Bank of Kigali has been with the bank since 2019. In his role he has been spearheading the transformation of the Technology organization to become service oriented. The transformation journey focuses to balance operations and strategic changes, some small and some path breaking to enhance the value that the bank offers to its customers. The pillars of strategy are Simplification, Scalability, Resilience, Compliance, Data and Innovation.

Rohit has been using technology and innovation, based on the knowledge of the banking industry, to engineer business optimizations. He has been able to create solutions and opportunities for complex and sensitive requirements. His ability to amalgamate the conventional wisdom from the traditional project management with agile practices has helped him accelerate and deliver critical successes varied in scale, value and complexity during his career.

He is an empathetic leader who likes to connect with people at grass root level. His people approach is focused on identifying, developing, coaching and promoting talent. His people management philosophy is to create and run energized teams in a professional, transparent and friendly atmosphere. Rohit is an engineer by education, A Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Engineering from Kurukshetra University.

Benjamin Mutimura serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Bank of Kigali Plc since June 2020 where he oversees the development and implementation of the commercial strategy that ensures the availability of competitive products, the strategic marketing of the products, relationship management, utilization of channels and cross sell of the Bank products. Prior to joining Bank of Kigali Plc, Benjamin had a long career of 13 years with I&M Bank Plc, part of I&M Group where he held various senior assignments in Corporate Banking, Retail, Credit and Finance.

Benjamin is a certified Credit Officer with a profound interest in leadership. Before joining the banking industry, he was a research associate with high learning institutions in Rwanda.

such as telecommunications, power, housing, and airlines. He has led products and transactions structuring within various sectors of the economy ranging from manufacturing, agriculture, transport, real estate, trade, and tourism.

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in development economics from Louvain La Neuve and Namur University.

Ms. Nathalie MPAKA is the Chief Finance Officer of BK Group Plc (BK) since 2014. She is dynamic and passionate about Financial Excellence and Value Creation, which earned her the prestigious 2019 AABLA nominations for the Chief Financial Officer of the Year and Business Women of the Year. She joined the Bank’s Management Team in 2011 as the Financial Reporting and Investor Relations Manager, and she is passionate about using data and insights to help drive informed decisions for various stakeholders. She has vast experience in financial planning, analysis and reporting as well as systems implementation. Nathalie is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), and currently completing her MSc in international Banking and Finance. Nathalie was previously a Governing Council member of ICPAR. Nathalie is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Finance strategy that supports the profitability, growth, and sustainability of BK Group Plc.

Further, the position coordinates the Group’s strategy development and implementation to ensure the achievement of its vision and mission. One of the key area for the position is also to coordinate Investors relationship management as a listed entity, to ensure timely funding is achieved for the business’s growth objectives.

Before returning to Rwanda in 2011, Nathalie studied and worked in the UK for over 10 years and held various financial positions. She is very confident of her determination to succeed, hence her strength interacting with different cultures. She is a strong supporter of positive energy to create extraordinary results though authenticity. Her leadership style focuses on taking courage, motivate, inspire and being able to influence change through efficiently working in teams, communicating openly and being persistent in seeking growth.

Flora Nsinga is the Chief Human Resources and Administration Officer at Bank of Kigali and has been with the Bank since 2007. Prior to this, she was the Head of Human Resources and Administration. Flora joined the Bank with about ten years’ experience from the telecommunication industry.

During her tenure at BK, she has been a strategic advisor to the business in human resource and administration, contributing to the growth of the branch network as a key sales channel to its present 95 branches. She oversaw a restructuring in 2009 that sought to strategically align the bank’s capabilities in delivering value to shareholders through talent. She just completed a similar exercise, including a review of the performance management framework as well as key banking processes that further seeks to realign the bank’s human resource framework to ensure the bank is well positioned to add value to shareholders while delivering an excellent customer experience through a customer centric structure. Key to this is ensuring the availability of competent talent that places the bank ahead of competitors in an ever changing and competitive banking industry.

Under Administration, Flora is also responsible for procurement where her key mandate is directing all strategic sourcing for alignment with the Bank’s strategy. Flora holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with specialization in Human Resources from Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST). She also holds a Master’s in Management, majoring in Leadership and Human Resources from Cambridge College Boston, Massachusetts - USA.

Désiré Rumanyika, has been Bank of Kigali’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) since 2017, responsible for the implementation of the Bank’s operating model by ensuring a stable, optimal and efficient services delivery ecosystem across the Bank’s expansive branch network and other digital channels.

Désiré has accumulated 20 years of experience in the financial sector. Prior to his current position at Bank of Kigali, he has worked with different financial institutions including but not limited to the East African Development Bank (EADB) as Country Manager for Rwanda from 2011 to 2016 and the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) as Director for Corporate Affairs and Deputy Director General from 2004 to 2008. Désiré also led the successful set up of the Business Development Fund (BDF), a financial advisory institution; in 2010 he was subsequently appointed BDF first Chief Executive Officer, serving for 2 years before joining EADB in 2011.

Désiré has served on several Board of Directors including Banque Populaire du Rwanda, Banque de l’Habitat du Rwanda, Rwanda Enterprise Investment Company (REIC Ltd) and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) based in Ivory Coast.

Désiré holds a Master’s degree in International Financial Services and banking law from the University of Liverpool (UoL) and an MBA in Banking from Netherlands’ Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

Rumanyika holds a Master’s degree in International Financial Services and banking law from the University of Liverpool (UoL) and an MBA in Banking from Netherlands’ Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

Mr. Obinna Ukwuani joined the bank as Chief Digital Officer in June 2020. As Chief Digital Officer he is responsible for leading the Digital Factory bank division as a center of excellence for product innovation and development in digital banking. He brings intuition for and relevant experience in product development, an entrepreneur’s business acumen, and a passion for customer experience into the role.

Obinna has seven years of experience leading entrepreneurial ventures spanning the areas of software, agricultural processing, and education. During these years he has directly created economic opportunity for hundreds of people, and has often implemented projects in challenging environments. A few of his companies continue to operate today, and, over the years, the initiatives have been recognised by international press and forums.

Before joining Bank of Kigali Plc, Obinna worked with Paystack, one of Africa’s foremost payment technology startups, in the areas of business operations and product management.

Before leaving the United States, where he was born and raised, Obinna earned a degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.