Board of Directors

Jeanette Rwigamba

Jeanette Rwigamba is currently the Head of National Budget Department at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Prior to that, she was the Director General of Budget Management and Reporting at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN). She specializes in the coordination of the preparation and implementation of the National Budget through formulation, monitoring and evaluation of budgetary policies and procedures in Rwanda. She has managerial experience for over 10 years as a senior official in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning especially in the PFM sector. She has had successful experiences in the preparation and implementation of the national budget for the past 10 years.

Jeanette has been involved in the recent PFM reforms such as PBB implementation, MTEF enhancement and budget baseline costing.

She holds a Master’s degree in Project Management from the Oklahoma Christian University with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance. She has participated in various workshops and seminars including Public Investment Management, Budget System Improvement Programme (BSIP) and Government Finance Statistics (GFS).  Jeanette is also, a Certified Public Finance Management Accountant (CPFMA) and a Member of American – Global Academy of Finance Management (GAFM). She also attended the budgeting and financial management in Public Sector courses at Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Mrs. Rwigamba currently serves on the board of Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) and East Africa Exchange (EAX).