BGFIBank Group is a large financial services conglomerate in Central, West and East Africa, with subsidiaries in ten countries.

[5] Congo Hold-Up, the largest leak from the African continent to date, reveals how the commercial bank BGFIBank has been used to plunder the Democratic Republic of Congo’s public funds and natural resources, largely for the enrichment of former President Joseph Kabila’s inner circle.

The Congo Hold-Up leak was initiated by French media Mediapart and The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa, is composed of over 3.5 million internal documents from the BGFIBank, including bank statements, emails, contracts, bills and corporate records.

The detailed shareholding in BGFIBank Group is illustrated in the table below:[8] The chairman of the eleven-member board of directors is Patrice Otha.

The chief executive officer of the group is Henri-Claude Oyima, and the general secretary is Brice Laccruche.