BPR Bank Rwanda, a subsidiary of KCB Group (Kenya Commercial Bank) and the largest banking network in Rwanda, has appointed Patience Mutesi as the new managing director of the bank effective February 1, 2023.
BPR is the largest banking network in Rwanda with 154 branches helping people, businesses and communities to thrive since 1975. The bank became a subsidiary of KCB Group (Kenya) last year.
Patience Mutesi had a successful career in Banking and Micro Finance spanning 12 years in various strategic roles including Corporate, Strategy & Business Development.
Before her appointment, she was, since July 2016, the Country Director for TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), the largest Aid-for-Trade Organization that aims at growing prosperity in East Africa through increased trade. In this role, she oversaw a strategic trade facilitation program which contributed significantly towards increasing Rwanda’s trade, investments and job creation.
Former Ecobank executive
Prior to that, she was the Head of Corporate Banking in Ecobank Rwanda, a Pan African Bank with a Network across 36 countries where she was a member of the Executive, Credit and Assets & Liabilities committees. She was also Ecobank Group’s Corporate Banking Cluster Head for EAC responsible for Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Patience Mutesi serves on the Boards of BPR Bank Rwanda PLC, MTN Rwandacell PLC and Rwanda Cooperation (RCI), and volunteers on the Advisory Council of One Acre Fund in Rwanda. She has deep networks within Rwanda’s Private Sector, Government and Development Partners. Her expertise is in Trade Development and Finance in the areas of business analysis and strategic planning, credit structuring, relationship management, product development.
A true East African
Patience Mutesi holds an MBA in Finance from Maastricht School of Management in Netherlands and a BSc. Honors in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University in Uganda. She is an Eisenhower Fellow and an alumni of the Swedish Institute Management Program.
Born in Kenya, raised in Uganda and having moved to Rwanda in 2004, Patience Mutesi considers herself a true East African. She is a fluent speaker of English and Kinyarwanda, and has working knowledge of French & Swahili.
