Gilbert Nyatanyi is a banking and finance lawyer. He has more than 25 years’ experience of providing general legal advice, and more than 20 years’ specific experience of advising on banking and finance law, with both domestic and international transactions, including multiple jurisdictions and cross-border transactions in Africa in both civil and common law. He has advised companies, banks, international lenders, financial institutions and governments both in Europe and in Africa (especially Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania). From September 2020 to September 2023, Gilbert Nyatanyi was Chief Executive Officer of Agaciro Development Fund, Rwanda Sovereign Wealth Fund. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Sovereign Impact Initiative and Oryx Impact and is a consultant for Janson, one of the oldest, largest, and most prominent independent business law firms in Belgium.