Hon. Soraya Hakuziyaremye

Hon. Soraya Munyana Hakuziyaremye was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda on February 25th, 2025. Prior to this role she was Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda since March 15, 2021.

She served as Minister of Trade and Industry from October 2018 to March 2021, in Rwanda, where she led the implementation of the Made in Rwanda policy, contributing to a 9% average annual growth in the industry sector and a significant increase in exports. During her tenure, she also chaired the EAC Sectoral Council on Investment and Trade, playing a key role in the entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). Additionally, she was a member of Rwanda’s National COVID-19 Taskforce, overseeing the management of domestic and cross-border trade flows during the pandemic.

Before joining the Cabinet, Hon. Soraya held several senior roles in international banking and finance. From 2016 to 2018, she was Vice President in the Financial Institutions/Financial Markets Risk Department at ING Bank in London. She also previously worked in senior risk management positions at BNP Paribas Group in Paris, Fortis Bank, and the Bank of New York Mellon in Brussels between 2002 and 2011. From 2012 to 2014, she served as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Rwanda.

In addition to her leadership in finance and government, Hon. Soraya has played an active role in corporate governance and investment initiatives. She was a Board member at Ngali Holdings and co-founded the Brussels-Africa Hub, an international non-profit organization led by banking and finance professionals to facilitate sustainable and responsible investments in Africa.

Hon. Soraya brings rich leadership experience in global banking and financial advisory, combining expertise in financial markets, risk management, and economic policy. She holds a postgraduate degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (U.S.) and a Master’s in Business Engineering (Ingénieur de Gestion) from the Solvay Business School at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). She is also an alumna of the Executive Public Leaders Program at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.