Management – Finbank

JOE DASSIN RUKUNDO

JOE DASSIN RUKUNDO, Managing Director

Joe started his professional career in 2000 with Intercontact Services and his banking career in 2004 with Santander UK, formerly Abbey National Plc, a UK-based bank. In Santander, he was a lending consultant with a focus on retail lending.

He joined Finbank, then a subsidiary of Access Bank Plc, Nigeria, in 2009. During the last 6 years with the bank, he has managed several business portfolios including retail, commercial, corporate and institutional banking. He brings on board over 15 years of banking experience, spanning over portfolio management, risk management; sales and marketing; strategy formulation and execution, relationship management. In Finbank, he has been responsible for the management of our key corporate clientele and has led many financing rounds for our big corporate customers. Some of his key initiatives have been;

Leading a syndication for Burundi Cement Company – the main cement company in the country;
Organising financing for Rainbow Mining Burundi and offering a comprehensive banking solution;
Offering trade finance solutions to the energy sector including key players such as Regideso and the supply chain;

As Managing Director, Joe is responsible for the overall strategic outlook, culture and performance of the bank.

He holds a BSc in Economics and a Masters Degree in International and Development Economics and a professional Diploma in Business Banking from The Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, UK. He has also accumulated professional trainings in Financial Management; Business Finance; Risk Management; Investment; from Worldwide Leaders in Learning Solutions such as Thompson Reuters and ACI.

Managing Director.

WILLY CIMBA

WILLY CIMBA, Deputy Managing Director.

Willy Cimba is Deputy Managing Director. He has held this position since 2016, prior to this he was the head of liabilities. Cimba has extensive experience in the local banking sector after working in various roles in different banks across the country for over quarter a century. Prior to joining Finbank, Cimba was head of institutional banking at BCB with a mandate to serve NGO’s, donor agencies and international institutions. He was also overseeing branch co-ordination. He was also in charge of business development, leading teams to Europe to develop BCB’s remittance business.

Within Finbank, Cimba is an executive officer with the mandate to grow the bank’s overall corporate client base, create new product lines and develop new banking relationships. He also has the mandate to lead the bank’s recovery efforts on its outstanding loans portfolio. He does this by overseeing all the business officers including Branch managers as well as the recovery team. Some of his key achievements at the bank have been;

Significantly growing the bank’s overall asset base by over 100% since 2016;
Developing partnerships with public sector companies and institutions;
Developing the bank’s coffee-sector expertise to become a major player in the space;
Led the overall partnership with the Office Burundaise des Recettes (OBR) which is the local revenue authority;

Cimba has plenty of experience and professional qualifications including advanced diplomas in marketing, audit and control from France. He also has an ACI certificate in dealing obtained from Lagos, Nigeria. He has lead teams to Sweden, Netherlands, Kenya, France and Belgium to develop new products. He is a key member of staff and is valued for his experience and deep knowledge about the Burundian banking industry. Cimba is also very well connected in the local market and he is a valuable asset to have as a corporate entity particularly a foreign entity looking to work in Burundi, he has proven this time and time again.

Deputy Managing Director.

ANASTASIE NINTUNZE

ANASTASIE NINTUNZE , Head of Financial Control

Anastasie Nintunze is the Head of Financial Control of FINBANK SA since 2016 with an extensive experience in financial management and accounting gained after over 12 years working experience in finance. Prior to the above position, she began her professional career as Financial Control officer in FINBANK S A in 2007.

She is responsible for implementing highly valued financial policies and procedures for the Bank and she is also responsible for Financial and Performance management reporting of the Bank.

Anastasie NINTUNZE holds a Bachelor in Management and Administration from Light University of Bujumbura.

Head of Financial Control.

CLAUDETTE MUGIRASONI

CLAUDETTE MUGIRASONI , Head of Legal & Corporate Counsel

Claudette MUGIRASONI has joined FINBANK S.A. in January 2017 as Head of Legal Department and Corporate Counsel.

Claudette has previously served as Judge of Commercial court and advisor at the court of appeal of Bujumbura and worked later as Government Lawyer dealing with public litigations. She had been appointed several times as head of courts including high court of Rural Province of Bujumbura and High court of Bujumbura Mairie. For a period of four years, she has led the Anti-Corruption Court as Deputy Prosecutor.

While working with anti-corruption issues, she has been designated to represent the Government of Burundi as one of Law Experts to United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).

Entitled with an extensive experience and law expertise, she has been appointed member of the National recovery committee from 2017.

In her current role, Claudette is in charge of monitoring and managing Bank litigation cases pending in Courts, prepare and review contracts and agreements with external partners, provide advisory services and opinions and draft credit documentation.

Claudette is graduated in Law from University of Burundi with many certificates in training of trainers intended to law professionals, including training on law of business, banking, commerce and international transport.

She has accumulated a large experience in learning material development including modules of bankruptcy prevention, Gender Based Violence prevention and repression and judiciary process.

Head of Legal & Corporate Counsel.

WILLY RWANKINEZA

WILLY RWANKINEZA , Head of Business Development

Willy joined FINBANK in February 2019 as Head of Business Development. He has an extensive experience in banking carreer after working in various positions in different banks across the country since August 2003. Prior to join FINBANK, Willy was the Branch Head at Ecobank Burundi for more than 5 years, Head of Credit Department in Diamond Trust Bank for more than 3 years and Relationship Manager at BCB for 6 years.

In his current position, Willy is responsible of the overall Corporate Department activities with the mandate to grow the bank’s assets and liabilities, maintain existing and develop new banking relationships.

Willy holds a degree in Tax from Burundi Public University and has several certificates in marketing, Risk Management. He is a hard worker, experienced and has a deep knowledge about the Burundian banking industry.

Head of Business Development.

AGATHE HATUNGIMANA

AGATHE HATUNGIMANA , Head Operations

Agathe is the Head Operations at FinBank. She joined the Bank in February 2019. Prior joining FinBank, she worked with Smart Burundi as Planning and Performance supervisor whose role was carrying out a strategic planning for commercial department, ensuring that the operational framework was ideal to meet the expected targets and monitor the performance of all revenues and cost related activities in Sales and distribution, Corporates sales, Product and services .

She also worked as Business Analyst in Risk Advisory with Deloitte East Africa where she worked on various audit support engagements in different industries like financial institutions, insurance ,retails etc and gained vast experience delivering promotional assurance, internal controls, systems reviews and information system audit services.

Agathe holds a Bachelor of Computer Application from university of North Bengal and an ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business. She has undergone a series of training especially in Risk Advisory. And she is also pursuing training Certified Information System Auditor from ISACA.

Head Operations