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BML appoints new Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs

National bank, Bank of Maldives (BML) has appointed Aishath Samah as its Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs.

Samah has over 13 years of experience with the Bank in the Legal and Corporate Affairs department, and has held the position of Company Secretary since 2009. With her strong education background as well as her extensive professional experience in banking and legal affairs, Samah has played a key role in fulfilling the Bank’s corporate governance standards over the years. Samah held the role of Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs prior to this appointment, and will continue to be in the position of Company Secretary.

Additional changes to the Bank’s organization structure were also announced on Monday. As per the changes, the cards and digital banking business was moved to the newly restructured Retail, Business and SME Banking Division of the bank in a bid To drive the Bank’s digitalization strategy.

Further, Mariyam Hameed was 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. Prior to this appointment, Mariyam was the Head of Centralized Services.