 As a Ron Brown scholar, in 1999, he received his master's degree in Finance (Master of Business Administration) from the Washington University in St. Louis, United States of America.During the studies, Mali worked as an assistant on five courses in the field of business finance.After studying, Mali received the award as the best student in the field of finance, as well as the award for being among the top 10 students of the top 20 business schools in the United States that year.