Meet our team
Our Team
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Board Members
- Executive Team

Regis Rugemanshuro
Board Chairman

Regis Rugemanshuro
Board Chairman
before that, Mr. Rugemanshuro was the first Chief Executive Officer of BK TecHouse Ltd, the Tech subsidiary of Bank of Kigali Group Plc where his work in the two years he spent there earned him the 2018 All Africa Business Leaders Award (AABLA) as Finalist for East Africa Innovator of the Year. Under his leadership, BK TecHouse was voted and awarded the 2017 Best Technology Company in Rwanda by the Smart Service Awards. Prior to joining BK Group Plc,
Mr. Rugemanshuro spent his career in the United States consulting for the global Tech giants such as Hewlett Packard (HP) as a Program Manager and later with Accenture PLC in Seattle, Washington. During his time there, his main clients included Microsoft and T-Mobile. His area of focus is at the intersection of Business and Technology; his expertise is in helping organizations realize the promise of the digital revolution via adoption of modern engineering platforms and practices. He is a servant leader known for his high energy and contagious passion to solving complex problems.
He is also a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Global Project Management Institute (PMI) as well as a Certified SAFE Program Consultant (SPC4) by the Global Scaled Agile Academy. He has a bachelor’s degree in science information technologies and an MBA in Management both from Misericordia University in Pennsylvania.

Albert K. Sigei
Board Member

Albert K. Sigei
Board Member
in the cement industry. He has lived and worked in varied cross-cultural geographies including Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, UK and Malawi. With a sterling work pedigree in Business Development, Business Management and Change Management, he has a keen eye for business and a sharp mind for decisions. Just the right attributes for a captain of the ship.
Albert’s multi-disciplinary background including Engineering, Finance, IT, Risk Management and leadership set the stage for his 18 year old career in the durables sector. He has a first class honors Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and graduated from various executive courses offered by Ivy league Business Schools – INSEAD, London Business School, HEC Paris and The Ivey Business School at Western University.
He is passionate about Africa hence his unwavering focus on the importance of alignment between business purpose and societal needs.

John Bugunya
Board Member

John Bugunya
Board Member

Chrissie Moloseni
Vice Chairperson

Chrissie Moloseni
Vice Chairperson
She has over 20 years experience in leading financial functions of service and manufacturing operations. in Finance and Operations Management with track record of delivering performance.
She holds an MBA from the University of Bradford – School of Management (UK) and a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Malawi. She further obtained Executive leadership training from IMD, Geneva Switzerland and INSEAD Business School, Paris, France and Gordon Business School in South Africa. Chrissie Moloseni is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi.
Ms. Chrissie Moloseni is the Head of Finance for PPC International covering the PPC Africa operations in Rwanda, DRC, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Prior to joining the PPC Group in South Africa, she worked for the LafargeHolcim Group as Chief Financial Officer for Lafarge South Africa and prior to that she was Chief Financial Officer for Lafarge Zambia Plc. Before joining Lafarge Group she worked as the Finance Director for Alexander Forbes Malawi Ltd. She serves as a director and Chairperson of CIMERWA plc, a director and a member of the Board of PPC Zimbabwe, a member of PPC Barnet DRC and serves as a Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the PPC Barnet Group. Chrissie has also served on various boards in the manufacturing and financial institutions in South Africa and Sub-Sahara Region in Africa over the period.

Edouard Okaro
Board Member

Edouard Okaro
Board Member

Anita D. Umuhire
Board Member

Anita D. Umuhire
Board Member
(Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) industry; spanning markets such as South Africa, Rwanda and Kenya.
She is a member in good standing with both the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda. She holds an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability from the University of Cumbria, Robert Kennedy College and is currently pursuing CFA level II. She is currently the Deputy Managing Director of Inyange Industries and its subsidiaries

Nyirimihigo J.M Vianney
Board Member

Nyirimihigo J.M Vianney
Board Member

Florida Kabasinga
Board Member

Florida Kabasinga
Board Member
legal circuit with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as a 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 sits on the Board of Guaranty Trust Bank. Florida 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

Eunice Nyala
Board Member

Eunice Nyala
Board Member
Eunice has Notable expertise in commercial strategy, business building and expansion through acquisitions and organic growth in highly regulated multinational companies – Absa Bank Kenya Ltd (formerly Barclays Bank Kenya), Barclays Head Office London, UK and she also held a regional job in Barclaycard International with responsibility in 32 countries in Africa.
She has Sector expertise in commercial risk & security having worked at executive levels for G4S Kenya, an international integrated security solutions provider with presence in over 120 countries, second largest employer globally with PBITA of approximately £427M

Roland Van Wijnen
Board Member

Roland Van Wijnen
Board Member
- Venture Capital & Private Equity: IE Business School, Madrid, Spain 2018
- Senior Management and Senior Leadership: IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland 2006 & 2014
- The General Manager Program: Harvard Business School, Boston, USA 2005
- Industrial Engineering: Twente University, Enschede, Nederland 1990 – 1995
Areas of expertise and contribution Appointed to board 1 October 2019
- Strategy Design & Execution
- Budget/P&L/Cash Flow Management
- Project Management & Consulting
- Acquisition & Restructuring
- Post-Merger Integration
- Customer Value Management
- Supply Chain & Manufacturing
- International Trading & Shipping
- Quality Control & Compliance
- Back-Office Optimization including Shared Services
- Employee Engagement
Owner: Striance.com – Online platform to connect change management professionals Guest Speaker: Various conferences and business schools, Worldwide

Sternford Moyo
Board Member

Sternford Moyo
Board Member
It is ranked in band one by Chambers Directory. Mr Moyo is individually ranked in band one by the same directory.
He specialises in commercial law, corporate law and mining law. Mr Moyo is a former President of the Law Society of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Development Community Lawyers Association. Presently, he is the President of the International Bar Association. He is the first African lawyer to be elected to that position in the 74 years of the association.
During his many years in practice as a lawyer, he has acted as a director of a number of companies. He is a former director and chairperson of Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe Limited, a member of the Standard Bank Group which is one of the leading commercial banks in Zimbabwe. He is, furthermore, a former chairperson of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited, one of the leading bottling companies in Zimbabwe.
Presently, he is the chairperson of Delta Corporation Limited, one of the largest Zimbabwean companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. He is, furthermore, a director of Padenga Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange which has interests in crocodiles and mining, PPC Zimbabwe Limited, the leading cement company in Zimbabwe and Alpha Media Holdings Limited, the largest independent media company in Zimbabwe

Albert K. Sigei
Chief Executive Officer

Albert K. Sigei
Chief Executive Officer
He has lived and worked in varied cross-cultural geographies including Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, UK and Malawi. With a sterling work pedigree in Business Development, Business Management and Change Management, he has a keen eye for business and a sharp mind for decisions. Just the right attributes for a captain of the ship.
Albert’s multi-disciplinary background including Engineering, Finance, IT, Risk Management and leadership set the stage for his 18 year old career in the durables sector. He has a first class honors Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and graduated from various executive courses offered by Ivy league Business Schools – INSEAD, London Business School, HEC Paris and The Ivey Business School at Western University.
He is passionate about Africa hence his unwavering focus on the importance of alignment between business purpose and societal needs.

Paul Nkusi
Head, Human Resource

Paul Nkusi
Head, Human Resource

John Bugunya
Chief Finance Officer

John Bugunya
Chief Finance Officer

Mamy Andriamasiharivony
Plant Manager

Mamy Andriamasiharivony
Plant Manager
including Maintenance Manager, Production Manager, Project Manager and Plant Manager.
He is a motivational leader with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering coupled with hands-on technical knowledge. He is also a good communicator, listener and relationship-builder across departments.

Godfrey Kamukunde
Head, Legal & Company Secretary

Godfrey Kamukunde
Head, Legal & Company Secretary
to joining CIMERWA, Godfrey worked as the Legal advisor and Company Secretary for BRALIRWA Plc (Heineken and Coca-Cola Rwanda). He also worked with Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) as the Legal Director, Head of the Modernisation Team and Principal Internal affairs. He has a wide range of experience in legal advisory, corporate governance, teaching/lecturing law and Consulting in different areas of law.
Godfrey has in past consulted for various Non-governmental organisations (USAID, University of Massachusetts- Boston-USA, International Labour Organisation (ILO), TROCAIRE international, Great Lakes Initiative for Human Rights and Development (GLIHD), Winrock International, Tetra Link East Africa, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)-Rwanda, etc); and Ministries and Institutions (MINIJUST, MIFOTRA, REMA, MINEAC, ILPD, etc).
Godfrey holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Rwanda and Master’s degree in Commercial Law (LLM) from the University of Cape Town- South Africa. He also holds a Diplome d’étude en langue française from the University of Rwanda and several certificates in various areas of law, good governance and performance evaluation and management.

Rizah Mugabe
Head, Supply Chain

Rizah Mugabe
Head, Supply Chain
Rizah joins us with a career that spans over fifteen years in Supply Chain, both in Rwanda and Kenya. Over the last eight years, she was working as Supply chain manager at Heineken Bralirwa and three years as Procurement Manager at KCB Bank tasked with local SC operations, customer service, supply planning, inbound/outbound logistics, warehousing and strategic sourcing.
She has a first-class honor master’s degree in Operations and Production from India and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the National University of Rwanda.
Rizah has excellent leadership and influence skills, able to bring vision to a group and cross departments by demonstrating strong customer service mindset required. Rizah is a strong communicator, resourceful and creative with a capability of turning ideals into plans and executing them impeccably