Mr. Eric Rwigamba is the Director General of the Financial Sector development for the Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. In this capacity, he oversees a variety of nationally important initiatives related to the financial sector development (banks, MFI, SACCOs, insurance, pension and capital markets). Before joining the Ministry, he was the Technical Manager for Access to Finance Rwanda. Eric Rwigamba also served as the General Manager for GroFiN Rwanda; the Country Head, Audit and Compliance – Ecobank Rwanda and as Audit senior at Ernst & Young, Uganda.
Eric has vast experience in the development and implementation of; Financial Sector policies, Strategies, Legislations and corporate Business planning. He is well vast with Finance and accounting, Budgeting and control, SMEs investment, Taxation and Auditing, investigation as well as Due diligence.
He is a Board member of Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD), a Board member and vice chair of Capital Market Authority (CMAC), and Advisory Board member of the Financial Intelligence Unit. He holds an MBA in Finance, Bachelor of Commerce/finance and is also an ACCA finalist.