Diane Karusisi

Diane Karusisi is a Rwandan statistician, economist, bank executive and academic. She is the CEO of the Bank of Kigali,[1] the largest commercial bank in Rwanda by assets.[2] Immediately prior to her present position, she served as the chief economist and head of strategy and policy at the Office of the President of Rwanda.[3]

Diane Karusisi
Born1977 (age 42–43)
Kigali
NationalityRwandan
CitizenshipRwandan
Alma materUniversity of Fribourg
(Master of Science in Econometrics)
(PhD in Quantitative Economics)
OccupationBank Executive
Years active2000 — present
Known forBusiness, management
TitleManaging Director
Bank of Kigali

Background and education

She studied at Fribourg University in Switzerland, graduating with a Masters in Econometrics and a PhD in Quantitative Economics.[4] Her doctoral thesis, published in 2009, is entitled "Dependency in credit portfolios: Modeling with Copula Functions".[5]

Career

Diane Karusisi has "extensive experience in managing private and public sector institutions".[6] From 2000 until 2006, she served as assistant professor of economic statistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. From 2007 until 2009, she worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Zurich, as fixed income portfolio engineer. In August 2009, she returned to Rwanda and was appointed as senior advisor to the director general of National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), in Kigali. In September 2010, she became the director general of NISR.[2] In that capacity, she oversaw the design and implementation of major surveys.[5] In February 2016, Karusisi was appointed managing director and CEO of Bank of Kigali.[7] She replaced James Gatera, who resigned after nearly nine years at the helm of Rwanda's largest commercial bank by assets.[2]

Other responsibilities

Karusisi also serves as the vice chairperson of the board of governors of the University of Rwanda.[2][8] She also sits on the board of the Rwanda Development Board.[3]

See also

References
  1. Kabona, Esiara (25 July 2016). "Bank of Kigali borrows $30.7 million to finance loan book". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. Mugisha, Ivan (9 February 2016). "Bank of Kigali picks new CEO as Gatera resigns". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. Bank of Kigali (25 July 2016). "Bank of Kigali - Executive Management: Dr Diane Karusisi". Kigali: Bank of Kigali. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. Diane Karusisi (2011). "Statistical Cooperation after the Financial Crisis: Rwanda's Perspective and Experience". International Statistical Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. BOK (26 October 2016). "Bank of Kigali - Executive Management: Dr. Diane Karusisi". Kigali: Bank of Kigali (BOK). Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  6. Blomberg (26 October 2016). "Executive Profile of Diane Karusisi, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Kigali Limited". Bloomberg Research. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. Asaba, Solomon (9 February 2015). "Bank of Kigali gets new CEO". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. Staff Writer (8 February 2016). "Change of guard at BK helm". Rwanda Focus. Kigali. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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