Eric KAMANZI is a Rwandan by nationality with 15 years working experience in Telecom and Banking sector. He Joined SONARWA Life in July 2018 as Head of Retail Business. He worked with Retail and Customer Operation Departments. He holds a Bachelor degree in Arts and a Master degree in Communication Management (MCM). For the past 15 years he has served as Service center supervisor in MTN Rwanda, Business centers Manager in Rwandatel, Contact Center Manager in Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Rwanda, Service Retail/ Franchise Manager in Airtel Rwanda and 4G square Manager in Korea Telecom Rwanda Network (KTRN).

A Kenyan by Nationality, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Rees has over 8 years experience in Accounts and Tax services, as a Senior Accountant; Audit Assistant; Accountant and Chief Accountant. He joined SONARWA on 23/05/2011. On November 2nd, 2013, he was appointed by the Board of Directors as the Chief Finance Officer of SONARWA Life Assurance Company Ltd.

Eric Cyiza, is a lawyer by profession with a Master’s Degree in International Economic and Business Law (LL.M) and a Diploma in Legal Practice (DLP), he is an accountant by qualification (CPA) and a Certified Corporate Secretary (CS) from KASNEB- Kenya. He joined SONARWA as the Head of Legal and Company secretary from UAP Insurance Rwanda Ltd where he served on the same position, prior to that he was a senior tax and Legal Advisor at KPMG Rwanda, before that he was an advocate and Member of the Rwanda Bar Association and Member of the East African Law Society.

Rose brings on board over 15 years’ working experience in the Insurance Industry from the Kenyan Market. Her wealth of expertise are in the following areas; Claims Management, Reinsurance Management, Sales and Marketing, Risk Management, Negotiations and dispute resolutions and Balanced Score card formulation and implementation. Rose holds Diploma Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) London and at the final stage of Advanced Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) London; various Management trainings by KPMG; KHI; Insurance Institute of Kenya (IIK) and Capacity Building Institute. She holds Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Public Administration from the University of Nairobi; Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi

Marie Rose UWASE has experience of more than 10 years in Audit and Finance. She is currently working as Head of Internal Audit for both SONARWA General Insurance Company Ltd and SONARWA Life Assurance. Before that, she worked as Head of Internal Audit of Sonarwa General Insurance Company Ltd.

She worked for United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) as Finance Associate. She also worked for the Office of The Auditor General for State Finances as an external auditor in Government Institutions and Projects.

Marie Rose UWASE is an ACCA qualified accountant. She possesses technical skills in financial accounting, auditing, and risk management.

She has good inter-personal, communication and motivation skills and she is experienced in working with diverse teams.

Has over 1 years of experience in the ICT sector in Rwanda. Has held senior positions in different institutions as Technical advisor to the Supreme Court of Rwanda, ICT Specialist and Advisor to RNRA, ICT Director of RNEC/ Rwanda Education Board and Systems Engineer in former BCR (I&M Bank). Was a member of the team that worked on the first E-Payment switching platform by SIMTEL using Visa Electronic cards. Business Transformation: Established new IT organizational infrastructure and revitalized existing operations by implementing LAN, WAN, robust database and dynamic reporting system, support services and business practices to optimize how IT engages with all business processes. Technology Delivery: Enabled institutions achieve high level service delivery through online and SMS based clients’ interactions and service delivery. ICT POLICY PLANNING: He participated in the planning of the National ICT Policies in different cluster groups. National Information Communication Infrastructure (NICI I-2005),NICI II- 2010, NICI III-2015; Part time lecturer (2004-2007): Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (UR-CST) in Enterprise Networking, Database systems, web Design, Human computer interactions and Computer graphics.

UPDATED PROFILE: Alphonse NTWALI Alphonse boasts over 17 years’ experience in Life Insurance under various roles across departments. Currently, Alphonse is serving as Head of Underwriting & Reinsurance since 2018. Previously, he supervised different operational departments in SONARWA Life as Head of Technical Operations (2years), Head of Claims&Benefits (6years) and Head of Sales&marketing (6years). Before The occupation of these senior managerial positions came after he had worked as senior underwriter in charge of Bancassurance and Group Underwriting (2years) to also mention that he started his career in Sales & Marketing. He got an extensive experience in Life assurance throughout the 14 years in senior management of Sonarwa Life for more than a decade serving in different capacities. He attended many seminars at local and international level gaining great experience on Life insurance, actuarial valuations, reinsurance, bancassurance, microinsurance, management. Alphonse also gained vast experience in regulatory reporting framework, pension administration and has been member of many committees like technical committee of Rwanda Insurers ‘Association(ASSAR) and representing ASSAR in BNR Steering committee to elaborate the National policy on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. Alphonse holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Accounting from Mount Kenya University and also a Bsc in Mathematics from National University of Rwanda and is a Member of Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), UK. He is also pursuing professional courses in Insurance.