Dr. Sopani Gondwe is an experienced financial sector supervisor with over 25 years’ experience in bank and non-bank financial sector supervision, regulation, compliance assessment, and macro-prudential analysis. In his current role, he is responsible for: licensing and registration of financial institutions, formulation and implementation of legal and regulatory frameworks for the financial sector, resolution of problem institutions including exit administration, market conduct supervision, financial inclusion and consumer protection.

Prior to his appointment as Director, Dr Gondwe worked as a Chief Examiner, Bank Regulation – responsible for regulatory policy development and implementation in the banking sector between 2009 and 2020. He is accredited for leading a team that pioneered the adoption of risk-based supervision, credit reference bureau system, Basel II and deposit protection scheme in the Malawian banking sector. He has also played a key role in designing and implementing restructuring arrangements for problem banks leading to their eventual orderly exit from the market.