Bank Of Maldives Welcomes Ms. Aishath Samah As Its Director Of Legal And Corporate Affairs

Via a press release today, Bank of Maldives (Plc) was pleased to reveal the appointment of Ms. Aishath Samah as their Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs – who has over 13 years of experience with the Bank in that particular department and has also been the Bank’s Company Secretary since 2009.

In addition to her strong educational background, she brings in extensive professional experience in banking and legal affairs – proven by her key role in fulfilling the Bank’s corporate governance standard over the years. Prior to this promotion, she was serving as the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs. She will continue to be in the position of Company Secretary.

The Bank’s CEO and Managing Director, Mr. Tim Sawyer, commented that “I am delighted to welcome Samah to the executive team as our Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs. It is rewarding to add a seasoned local professional to the leadership team in this new role, and I wish Samah the best of luck.” 

Apart from this, an additional change to the Bank’s organizational structure includes of its cards and digital banking business being moved to the newly restructured Retail, Business and SME banking Division. This is in light of driving the Bank’s digitalization strategy.

Furthermore, Ms. Mariyam Hameed has been appointed as the Bank’s Chief Compliance Officer – a role that will strengthen the Bank’s commitment to meet international best practices in risk management. Before this appointment, Ms. Mariyam was working as the Head of Centralized Services.

As the largest bank in the Maldives, BML is also one of the largest employers in the country whereas 99% of its staff based are proud Maldivians. The Bank takes great pride in implementing forward-looking human resources policies to ensure the highest professional standard of employee recruitment development and reward. 

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