Bonaventure Urimube

Bonaventure is the Chief Credit Officer at Bank of Kigali Plc. He has vast knowledge and experience in credit risk, financial and bank treasury management with over 10 years of banking experience, having worked as Credit Administration Manager at Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Ltd, and Domestic Bank Credit Risk Manager, Asset and Liability Manager (ALM) and Foreign Exchange Trader in Ecobank Rwanda. He joined Bank of Kigali Plc’s Management Team in April 2017.

Bonaventure, who is fluent in English, French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda, holds an MBA in Finance from Oklahoma Christian University and holds a first class Bachelor’s degree in Applied Statistics from the National University of Rwanda. He also holds an International Diploma in Banking Profession from the Institut Technique de Banque (ITB), Groupe CFPB-L’Ecole supérieure de la banque, France.

As Chief Credit Officer, Bonaventure is responsible for implementation of the Bank’s lending strategy, managing the loan book toward a high-quality credit portfolio, and ensuring compliance with all credit-related laws, regulations and directives. He leads the Credit Division in its essential duties of credit analysis and due diligence, credit documentation, loan monitoring, credit analytics and reporting, and loan recovery.