THE TRADE & DEVELOPMENT BANK IS AN
AGILE INSTITUTION; A GLOBAL & REGIONAL
CONNECTOR, AND A DYNAMIC
VALUE CREATOR

WE STRIVE TO BE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF EXTENDING
DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL AND SERVICES
TO ADVANCE REGIONAL GROWTH
AND INTEGRATION

WE SYNERGIZE WITH OUR
ECOSYSTEM; ENSURING THAT
ALL OUR PROJECTS PRIORITIZE AND
COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
STIPULATIONS

WE’RE ENERGIZED WITH THE RECOGNITION
AS 2019 AFRICAN BANKER OF THE YEAR,
AND THE JOINT WINNER OF THE 2019
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL OF THE
YEAR AWARD

WITH EXCITING FINTECH
INNOVATIONS, WE’RE LEAPING
FORWARD WITH GREATER
EFFICIENCY

LIKE THE VIBRANT WILDEBEEST,
WE NAVIGATE THE AFRICAN
SAVANNAH; WEATHERING THE
ELEMENTS AND ENRICHING THE
CIRCLE OF LIFE AS WE GO FORTH.

TDB: Integrating & Advancing the Region

TDB Group’s TDF, GBF and AGF Support Women & Youth-Led SMEs in East Africa

TDB Group, ALSF Organize Inaugural Training for Public Sector Lawyers

Our Projects

TDB provides funding to both sovereigns and corporates, covering all sectors of the economy.

Our People

TDB Group President Emeritus and Managing Director

Admassu Tadesse

Mr. Tadesse is President Emeritus and Group Managing Director and serves as Chairman of the TDB Group Executive Management Board. Prior to this role, he served as CEO of TDB (2012-2022). He serves on the governing organs of several global and continental industry bodies, notably the International Development Finance Club, Finance in Common and the Africa Investment Forum. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Financial Sector Deepening Ethiopia, a-not-for-profit financial sector development agency. He is a member of the boards of directors of the US Corporate Council on Africa, ZEP Reinsurance and Gulf Africa Bank, in addition to the boards of directors of TDB subsidiaries and special purpose funds.  In the past, he has also served on the boards of various development finance institutions/funds/associations in Paris and Geneva, as well as Johannesburg, Gaborone and Abidjan.

Prior to TDB Group, he served as Executive Vice-President for 10 years at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was responsible for international finance and investment, as well as corporate strategy. He began his career much earlier in the 1990s in New York City in various economist and management consulting capacities with international development funds, including at the United Nations.

He has been a member of the Institute of Directors of Mauritius/South Africa and the Institute of Bankers of South Africa/Kenya. An economist and banker, Mr. Tadesse qualified at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Wits Business School and Western University of Canada. He also trained in advanced management and banking at Harvard Business School and INSEAD, among others. He is a recipient of multiple industry awards, including African Banker of the Year, African Business Leader of the Year and African Development Banker of the Year.

 

TDB CEO

Michael Awori

Mr. Awori has over 20 years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance and corporate banking and has advised and executed over $20 billion of Capital Markets, M&A and financing transactions. Prior to his appointment at TDB, he was the Regional Head of Debt Finance, East Africa at Barclays, responsible for originating, structuring and executing corporate and sovereign debt transactions.

Prior to Barclays, Mr. Awori advised on corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions for Global Industrials clients at Citigroup in Chicago. Earlier, he spent nearly a decade in various roles with JPMorgan in Chicago. Mr. Awori holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts from Goshen College.

TDB Group Deputy Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer

Joy Ntare

Ms. Ntare joined the Bank in April 2014 with over 26 years of experience in accounting and finance. She was previously employed by the Central Bank of Rwanda for 20 years in several capacities including as Director General for Financial Stability and Director of Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions.

She also worked at the Tanzania Electric Supply Company. Ms. Ntare holds Advanced Diploma in Accountancy and a MBA from Cardiff Business School, University of Wales. She is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR)

TDB Group Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel

David Bamlango

Mr. Bamlango has over 13 years of extensive experience as a lawyer in the finance and commercial banking sectors. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Bamlango was a Partner in the Finance Group at DLA Piper LLP (US) in Chicago, in the United States.

His practice was focused on domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged finance, project finance, debt capital markets, structured finance, and derivative transactions. He represented financial institutions, private equity funds, real estate funds, and corporate borrowers, in addition to serving on a number of firm management committees. Previously Mr. Bamlango worked as an Associate in the Finance and Banking Group of Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago.

He also previously worked as a buyside equity analyst for an investment management firm in Chicago. Mr. Bamlango holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, at the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Master’s degree in law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, a Licence in law from the Université Lille 2, and a Graduat in law from the Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs. He is a member of the State Bar of Illinois. He is fluent in English, French, Swahili, and Lingala.

Our Awards

Global Finance: World’s Best Bank for Trade Finance in Frontier Markets (2022)

Global Trade Review: Best Development Bank global award (2022)

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