Bunmi Malik is a legal, governance and compliance professional with over 15 years of experience providing legal and regulatory advice, managing compliance risk and enhancing corporate governance standards across multiple jurisdictions in Africa.
She is an Ivy League trained lawyer with an LLB/Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Ibadan, an LLM/Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a Certificate in Business and Law from the Wharton Business School. Bunmi is also qualified to practice in Nigeria and New York, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
Bunmi is currently a Director of Conduct, Financial Crime, and Compliance Governance for Nigeria and West Africa at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria and a member of the Country Leadership team.
In her current role, she works with a team of experts in ensuring the bank’s adherence to the highest ethical and regulatory standards in a complex and dynamic environment. She also collaborates with senior stakeholders in country and across the AME Region to design and implement effective governance frameworks, policies and processes that support the bank’s strategic objectives and values to foster a culture of integrity, accountability, and excellence within the bank, with its customers, regulators and other industry stakeholders.
She has attended several training programs including the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Academy’s Regional Summer Program focused on upskilling and empowering African Compliance Practitioners to foster transparency and good governance in their communities in furtherance of promoting meaningful change across Africa.