Francis Malige is based in London as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s managing director of financial institutions.
He served as EBRD’s managing director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. He was based in Kyiv from his appointment in 2014 and was responsible for leading the Bank’s operations and policy initiatives in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
A French national, Malige joined the EBRD in February 2010 as a director in the financial institutions’ team, where he successfully developed the Bank’s business in the Western Balkans, eastern Europe, Turkey and most recently in the southern and eastern Mediterranean.
Before joining the EBRD, he was managing director for corporate development at BNP Paribas, focusing on bank acquisitions. His earlier career was in accounting and consulting, at Arthur Andersen and McKinsey & Company, where he served clients in industry, high tech and construction, as well as financial services.
Malige is a graduate of ESCP Europe, a French business school. In addition to his native French, he is fluent in German, Italian and English.
