Patience Mutesi

Patience Mutesi is a Rwandan businesswoman and corporate executive. She is the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of BPR Bank Rwanda Plc, a commercial bank in Rwanda and a subsidiary of the KCB Group, a financial services conglomerate, based in Kenya. She took her present position on 1 February 2023.

Background and education She is a Rwandan national. Her first degree is a Bachelor of Science in Quantitave Economics, awarded by Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Her second degree is a Master of Business Administration (MBA), obtained from Maastricht University, in Maastricht, Netherlands. She is an Eisenhower Fellow. She also completed the Management Programme of the Stockholm School of Economics, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Other considerations Mutesi has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors at BPR Bank Rwanda, MTN Rwanda, Rwanda Cooperation (RCI) and as a member of the advisory council of the One Acre Fund (Rwanda).