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Meet The BDM
Afin bank
The Intermediary speaks with Tippie Malgwi, business development
director at Afin bank
How and why did you
become a BDM?
I have over 15 years of banking,
lending and wealth management
experience, within the UK and
in Africa. My experience spans
specialist lending, high net worth
(HNW) banking, and financial
planning, working with brokers,
client advisers and direct clients.
I was recognised by the Africa
Business Chamber (AFBC) as a
2024 Top 100 African Business
professional in the UK. I was also
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awarded the Chartered Bankers
Institute UK young banker of the
year (2020), for my award-winning
proposal focused on creating a
financial solution for vulnerable
individuals living with life-changing
conditions. I believe that I have
a duty. Banks – and by extension
bankers – have great power, but with
that power comes responsibility. It
is our collective responsibility, as
frontline representatives, to actively
champion positive societal change,
and being a business development
manager (BDM) within a bank like
Afin Bank enables me to do that.
What brought you to
Afin Bank?
I am passionate about financial
empowerment and providing
innovative banking solutions to
underserved segments of society,
and Afin Bank’s proposition of
‘mortgages for all’ focusing on
the underserved self-employed,
and the diaspora population living
and working in the UK via the visa
system, truly resonates with me.
I look forward to supporting this
vibrant diaspora – our doctors,
