Francis Malige

Francis Malige is Managing Director of Financial Institutions at the EBRD. 

He leads the Bank’s investments in the financial sector, including banks and insurance companies, non-bank financial institutions and capital market infrastructure companies, across three continents.

He took up his role in August 2018.

A French national, Mr 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, Türkiye and, later, the southern and eastern Mediterranean region.

From 2014 to 2018, he served as Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, leading the Bank’s operations and policy initiatives in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. 

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.

Mr 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.