Dr Diane Karusisi is the Chief Executive Officer. She is a seasoned economist who has held several leadership positions in the past. Prior to joining Bank of Kigali, Diane was the Head of Strategy and Policy and Chief Economist at the Office of the President. Diane also served at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda where she oversaw the design and implementation of major surveys.

Before she moved back to Rwanda, Diane worked as a Fixed Income Portfolio Engineer at Credit Suisse in Zurich and taught Statistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. She studied Economics majoring in Econometrics and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Fribourg. Her research areas mainly concentrated on Risk Modeling and Measurement.

Her doctoral thesis entitled “Dependency in credit portfolios: Modeling with Copula Functions” was published in 2009. Diane currently serves as non- executive director on several boards including the University of Rwanda and Rwanda Development Board.

Désiré Rumanyika, has been Bank of Kigali’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) since 2017, responsible for the implementation of the Bank’s operating model by ensuring a stable, optimal and efficient services delivery ecosystem across the Bank’s expansive branch network and other digital channels.

Rumanyika has accumulated 20 years of experience in the financial sector. Prior to his current position at Bank of Kigali, he has worked with different financial institutions including but not limited to the East African Development Bank (EADB) as Country Manager for Rwanda from 2011 to 2016 and the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) as Director for Corporate Affairs and Deputy Director General from 2004 to 2008.

Rumanyika also led the successful set up of the Business Development Fund (BDF), a financial advisory institution; in 2010 he was subsequently appointed BDF first Chief Executive Officer, serving for 2 years before joining EADB in 2011.

Rumanyika has served on several Board of Directors including Banque Populaire du Rwanda, Banque de l’Habitat du Rwanda, Rwanda Enterprise Investment Company (REIC Ltd) and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) based in Ivory Coast.

Rumanyika holds a Master’s degree in International Financial Services and banking law from the University of Liverpool (UoL) and an MBA in Banking from Netherlands’ Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

Flora Nsinga is the Chief Human Resources and Administration Officer at Bank of Kigali and has been with the Bank since 2007. Prior to this, she was the Head of Human Resources and Administration. Flora joined the Bank with about ten years’ experience from the telecommunication industry.

During her tenure at BK, she has been a strategic advisor to the business in human resource and administration, contributing to the growth of the branch network as a key sales channel to its present 79 branches. She oversaw a restructuring in 2009 that sought to strategically align the bank’s capabilities in delivering value to shareholders through talent. She just completed a similar exercise, including a review of the performance management framework as well as key banking processes that further seeks to realign the bank’s human resource framework to ensure the bank is well positioned to add value to shareholders while delivering an excellent customer experience through a customer centric structure. Key to this is ensuring the availability of competent talent that places the bank ahead of competitors in an ever changing and competitive banking industry.

Under Administration, Flora is also responsible for procurement where her key mandate is directing all strategic sourcing for alignment with the Bank’s strategy.

Flora holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with specialization in Human Resources from Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST). She also holds a Master’s in Management, majoring in Leadership and Human Resources from Cambridge College Boston, Massachusetts – USA.

Ms. Nathalie Mpaka is the Chief Financial Officer of BK Group Plc (BK) Limited since December 2014. She joined the Bank’s Management Team in 2011 as the Financial Reporting and Investor Relations Manager. She has vast experience in financial planning, analysis and reporting as well as systems implementation. She is dynamic and passionate about Financial Excellence and Value Creation. Nathalie is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), and currently completing her MSc in International Banking and Finance. Nathalie is also a Governing Council member of ICPAR.

Nathalie is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Finance strategy that supports the profitability, growth, and sustainability of BK Group PLC. Further, the position coordinates the Group’s strategy development and implementation to ensure the achievement of its vision and mission. One of the key area for the position is also to coordinate Investors relationship management as a listed entity, to ensure timely funding is achieved for the business’s growth objectives. During the recent HR restructuring, Nathalie was also tasked to setup and lead the Business Intelligence Department, a team passionate about using data and insights to help drive informed decisions for the Customer and the Group.

Before returning to Rwanda in 2011, Nathalie studied and worked in the UK for over 10 years and held senior financial management positions. She is very confident of her determination to succeed, hence her strength to interacting with different cultures . She is a strong supporter of positive energy to create extraordinary results through authenticity. Her leadership style focuses on taking courage, motivate, inspire and being able to influence change through efficiently working in teams, communicating openly and being persistent in seeking growth.

Rohit Dhawan has joined as the Chief Information Officer in September 2019. He has diverse exposure in technology spanning over 17 years, with over 7 years spent with Royal Bank of Scotland. His passion for simplifying use of technology for business has helped him create value and help the address the complexity of business change. His focus has always been centered around the customer experience simplification, both internal and external.

His area of responsibility is to continuously develop and maintain a long-term Technology strategy based on the pillars of Simplification, Scalability, Resilience, Compliance, Data and Innovation.

Rohit is an advocate of disrupting by using Technology and Innovation for Business Transformation projects. His exposure to the banking industry and technology has allowed him to engineer business optimization and deliver significant business benefits. He has been able to create solutions and opportunities for complex and sensitive requirements.

He is an empathetic leader who likes to connect with people at grass root level. His people centric approach is focused on identifying, developing, coaching and promoting talent. He has consistently shown the ability to create and run energized teams which achieve well above their ability, to a positions of increased responsibility in a professional, transparent and friendly atmosphere.

Rohit has a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Engineering from Kurukshetra University. He is a certified Scrum Master and PRINCE2 Practitioner. His ability to amalgamate the conventional wisdom from the traditional project management and adopting agile practices has helped him deliver critical, timebound and regulatory projects which have varied in scale, value and complexity during his career.

Mr. Obinna Ukwuani joined the bank as Chief Digital Officer in June 2020. As Chief Digital Officer he is responsible for leading the Digital Factory bank division as a center of excellence for product innovation and development in digital banking. He brings intuition for and relevant experience in product development, an entrepreneur’s business acumen, and a passion for customer experience into the role.

Obinna has seven years of experience leading entrepreneurial ventures spanning the areas of software, agricultural processing, and education. During these years he has directly created economic opportunity for hundreds of people, and has often implemented projects in challenging environments. A few of his companies continue to operate today, and, over the years, the initiatives have been recognised by international press and forums.

Before joining Bank of Kigali Plc, Obinna worked with Paystack, one of Africa’s foremost payment technology startups, in the areas of business operations and product management.

Before leaving the United States, where he was born and raised, Obinna earned a degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr Benjamin joins Bank of Kigali Plc as the Chief Commercial Officer. He is a seasoned professional banker with a wide-ranging experience. He joined the banking industry in 2007 and held various positions including Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking,

Head of Retail Banking, Credit Manager and Development Finance Officer. Benjamin is a certified Credit Officer with a profound interest in leadership. Prior to joining the banking industry, he was a research associate with high learning institutions in Rwanda.

Benjamin has been associated with several landmark transactions in sectors such as telecommunications, power, consumer and airlines. He has led products and transactions structuring within various sectors of the economy ranging from manufacturing, agriculture, transport, real estate, trade and tourism.

Benjamin holds a Masters in Development Economics from Louvain La Neuve and Namur University.

Yves has been the Head of Risk and Compliance since early 2010 with vast experience in the banking sector. Yves served as a bank examiner at the National Bank of Rwanda for ten years. Prior to joining the Bank, he was the Head of Compliance and Internal Control at I&M Bank-Rwanda.

He holds an MBA in finance and accounting from Mount Kenya University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National University of Rwanda. He also has a diploma in Risk management in Finance and Banking