Deepak Malik

Deepak Malik has been the Chief Executive Officer of Arise BV since 2017 and oversees its operations as an investment and development partner of financial services providers in Sub-Saharan Africa. At Arise, his mandate includes assisting economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa and the prosperity of its people by strengthening rural development, alleviating poverty and increasing financial inclusion and employment.

Previously, Mr Malik was at the development finance institution Norfund where he was Head of Southern Africa office and the Head of Department, Financial Institutions for over 13 years. In this role, he promoted Norwegian investments and had overall responsibility for Norfund’s financial institutions portfolio in the Southern Africa region, Central America and South Asia. He was also a member of the Norfund Investment Committee, monitored and evaluated investments in Africa and was responsible for the Norwegian Microfinance Initiative.

Mr Malik has also been the Regional Representative of the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), which is the Danish Government’s investment arm for developing countries, Managing Director of the Development Bank of Zambia and has held senior executive positions at Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines.

Over the last 30 years, Mr Malik has held various Board positions in the Industry, including directorships in banks.

Mr Malik is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, India, and has a Bachelors’ Degree in Commerce (Honours) from the University of Delhi, India.