
{"id":9,"date":"2023-03-16T08:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T08:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev2.iibanks.com\/eastafrica\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:59:38","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev2.iibanks.com\/eastafrica\/who-we-are\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; el_class=&#8221;image-banner-with-text&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1664516163430{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1659424244579{padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;268&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1678970177504{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735306438062{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #1a2159 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;our-purpose-text-box greyroW ldrshpbluE&#8221;][vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Leadership&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:36px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;A team of professionals with extensive experience in international finance.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:36px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_class=&#8221;font-size-36 chairman-cfo-box padding-23-21 custom-container-1301-width-three boX3 ldrshP eastafrica-leadershipTeam&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1757945950744{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row tm_bgcolor=&#8221;white&#8221; tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; tm_zindex=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758009877959{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<div id=\"leadershipTeam\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Featured Leadership Profile -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row featured-leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev2.iibanks.com\/eastafrica\/leadership\/vianney-bizimana\/\" class=\"featured-profile-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-info-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.iibanks.com\/eastafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/main-Bio.jpg\" alt=\"Vianney Bizimana\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-8 featured-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"featured-name\">Vianney Bizimana<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"featured-designation\">Deputy CEO - iib East Africa<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>[vc_section el_class=&#8221;font-size-36 bio-content-box dina-haikal-page&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1681122674357{padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;bio-content-box-width&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1781011595539{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Bizimana is a seasoned banking and financial services executive with over 21 years of experience across Retail, SMEs\/MSMEs, Corporate, and Investment banking in East Africa. He has built a distinguished career marked by progressive leadership, advancing from frontline banking roles to senior executive positions, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"row regular-leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev2.iibanks.com\/eastafrica\/leadership\/maruf-ahmed\/\" class=\"col-md-4 profile-col-eastafrica\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info_column_eastafrica\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.iibanks.com\/eastafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Maruf-369x369-1.jpg\" alt=\"Maruf Ahmed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"leadership-bod-eastafrica\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"tm-custom-heading \">Maruf Ahmed<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"tm-custom-heading \">Director - iib East 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