Soraya Munyana Hakuziyaremye

Hon. Soraya Munyana Hakuziyaremye was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda in February 2025 after serving as Deputy Governor since March 2021. Before her work with the National Bank, Hon. Soraya served as Rwanda’s Minister of Trade and Industry. 

Before joining the Cabinet, Hon. Soraya held several senior roles in international banking and finance, including Vice President of the Financial Institutions/Financial Markets Risk Department at ING Bank in London, senior risk management positions at BNP Paribas Group in Paris, Fortis Bank, and the Bank of New York Mellon in Brussels. She has also served as Senior Advisor to Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In addition to her leadership in finance and government, Hon. Soraya has played an active role in corporate governance and investment initiatives. She was a board member of Ngali Holdings and co-founded the Brussels-Africa Hub, an international non-profit organization led by banking and finance professionals to facilitate sustainable and responsible investments in Africa.

Hon. Soraya brings rich leadership experience in global banking and financial advisory, combining expertise in financial markets, risk management, and economic policy. She holds a postgraduate degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and a Master’s in Business Engineering (Ingénieur de Gestion) from the Solvay Business School at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She is also an alumna of the Executive Public Leaders Program at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.