Mr. Mohamed Kalif is currently a Senior Advisor to the Trade Development Bank Group on strategic issues and serves as a Board member for Eastern and Southern Africa Trade fund as well as the Board of for Eastern and Southern African Trade Advisors Limited- the Fund Manager.
Kalif was the Head of Financial Intermediation and Inclusion from 2010 to 2021 at the African Development Bank (AfDB) covering commercial banks, insurance, leasing, regional development financial institutions, equity investments and financial inclusion including digital payment system throughout the African continent. Before joining the Financial Sector Development of the AFDB in 2010, Mohamed was the Head of credit Risk Division of the African Development Bank for a period of 7 years.
Prior to joining the AFDB, Mohamed was Regional Director of Project and construction finance for a commercial bank in Dubai where he was responsible for the development of the bank’s project finance activities throughout the Middle East included Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Oman and India. He also served as a credit manager for one of the largest banks in Saudi Arabia for period of four years.
Mohamed has accumulated more than 35 years banking experiences and corporate governance, including of risk management framework, corporate banking and project finance lending in commercial banks, development financial sector, equity investment analysis and evaluation and digital financial services environment. Moreover, Mohamed has served as a board member in several regional and national development financial institutions including Trade Development Bank, Development Bank of Nigeria, and Africa Trade Insurance.
