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Mr. Pipian Hakizabera holds a Masters’ Degree in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland (1978).

Mr. Hakizabera has over 30+ years of experience in national and regional institutions and organizations both in the public and private sectors. He has worked for the UNESCO Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya for more than 10 years and various public and private companies in Rwanda since 1995; including as Managing Director of Business Machines and Office Products Limited (BMOP), Executive Secretary (CEO) of the Rwanda Private Sector Federation (PSF), Managing Director of the Rwanda Housing Bank (RHB), Director-General of the Rwanda SME Support Centre (CAPMER), Head of Trade and Manufacturing at Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and CEO of GENIMMO, a real estate development and management company part of the first private insurance company in Rwanda (SORAS).

Mr. Hakizabera served as a Board Member of different leading Rwandan institutions including the Rwanda Social Security Board, SORAS Group, and its Life Insurance branch (SORAS-VIE). He also served as the Board Chairman of the Rwanda Credit Reference Bureau (CRB - part of TransUnion Global) since its establishment in Rwanda in 2011, as well as of its sister debt recovery company Collection Africa Limited (CAL).

Mr. Hakizabera joined the Board of Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) plc in October 2018.

Mr. Emmanuel Nnamaka Ejizu has over 17 years’ banking experience which spans through Corporate, Commercial, SME, and Retail Banking businesses. He joined Guaranty Trust Bank (Nigeria) plc in 2004 as an entry-level Executive Trainee within the Commercial Banking Group and rose through the ranks to become a Group Head in the Commercial Banking Division of Guaranty Trust Bank plc in Nigeria. Since 2014, he served on the board of Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) plc as an Executive Director until his appointment in 2018 as the Managing Director.

Mr. Ejizu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he graduated at the top of his class, and a Master of Business Administration in Leadership and Organizational Development from Oklahoma Christian University, United States of America where he graduated with distinction and awarded/certified member of “Delta Mu Delta” for international honor society in business, in recognition of his high scholastic attainment (Eta Iota Chapter Oklahoma Christian University). He has attended a number of executive management and banking specific training programs in leading educational institutions like the Michigan Ross Executive Leadership Development program and the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) where he is an alumnus

Adv. CYAGA N. Eric MANAGING PARTNER, K-SOLUTIONS & PARTNERS

Eric is the Managing Partner at K-Solutions & Partners in Kigali, Rwanda. Eric’s role is to ensure the legality of commercial transactions, advise companies on their legal rights and duties. Eric has a deep understanding of the aspects of contract law, securities law, insolvency, business organization, and employment law.

He is a member of the Rwanda Bar Association. As a Senior lawyer, Eric together with others led the transformation of the leadership of the Rwanda Bar Association laws in 2015 with the aim of making an extraordinary impact on the career of the legal professionals.

He serves on the boards of directors of a number of organizations including GTBank ( Rwanda) plc.

Eric is also the honorary Consul for Côte d’Ivoire in Rwanda, a position that he has held since September 14, 2018.

Enata joined the Board of GTBank (Rwanda) plc in February 2016.

She has more than 20 years of experience working at the senior level in private and public enterprises as well as Government Institutions.

She served as a member of the Board of Directors for Sonarwa General Ltd, Banque Populaire du Rwanda Ltd, and HIDA.

She is currently a freelance consultant providing management support services with a focus on Human Resource & Organizations development.

Mrs. Dusenge holds an Executive MBA from Maastricht School of Management (Netherland) majoring in Corporate Strategy & Economic policy, a Bachelor of Laws from Kigali Independent University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).

Florida Kabasinga is the Founder and Managing Partner of Certa Law Chambers, one of Rwanda’s leading Law Firms. After almost a decade practicing on the international legal circuit with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as variously Case Manager, Assistant Appeals Counsel and Appeals Counsel, Florida returned to Rwanda where she occupied different positions from 2012. In 2016, Florida established Certa Law which primarily represents banks and commercial clients. She leads Certa’s strategic vision and heads its Alternative Dispute Resolution practice (mediation & arbitration). She is an expert in labor matters and is a prolific litigator, mediator and arbitrator in different aspects of legal practice in Rwanda. She has appeared as an expert witness in different national jurisdictions and lectures in law at different universities.

Florida holds a Master of Laws degree (Magna cum Laude) from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA and a Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. She is a member of the Rwanda Bar Association, the East African Law Society, the American Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Kigali Arbitration Center and is a court appointed mediator.