About

Emmanuel Nkusi Batanage is the general counsel and group company secretary of BK Group. Prior to this role, he was the company secretary and head of corporate affairs at Bank of Kigali . Before joining Bank of Kigali , he served as the chief legal and regulatory affairs officer and company secretary of Korea Telecommunication Rwanda Networks (KTRN ). He also worked at Tigo Rwanda, a Millicom subsidiary, as legal manager and company secretary. 

Before his career in the telecommunications industry, Emmanuel held the positions of acting head legal and company secretary at Banque Commerciale du Rwanda (BCR), now I&M Bank, and head legal and company secretary at Ecobank Rwanda. With 20 years of experience in both the public sector (as a legal advisor at the Supreme Court of Rwanda) and the private sector, Emmanuel has been involved in drafting legal opinions, contract drafting and negotiation, successful merger and acquisition transactions, conflict resolution, representing companies in arbitration, and participating in regulatory investigations in both the banking and telecommunications industries. With extensive senior corporate legal advisory experience, Emmanuel has developed the necessary skills to manage complex legal issues and has gained significant corporate governance experience related to board of directors’ affairs. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) and a Master’s degree in International Business Law. Emmanuel has participated in various certification programmes on regulatory affairs management and legal advisory worldwide. He is a certified in-house corporate counsel from the Institute of Corporate Counsel USA – Association of Corporate Counsel, Washington DC, and a Certified Corporate Director from the India Institute of Directors. He serves as a Board member of the East African Business Council and Afripecast. A married Rwandan, Emmanuel has three children. He speaks and writes fluently in English, French, and Swahili.