Board of directors

Jean Chrysostome Hodari

Chief Executive Officer​​​​​​​

Jean Chrysostome Hodari​​​​​​​

A proven results-oriented leader, Mr. HODARI has 23 years of experience in the insurance industry. He started his professional career in 2000 with SORAS SA currently SANLAM Rwanda. In 2003, he joined CORAR/SAHAM where he contributed to establish Life insurance business that he led during 8 years before returning to SORAS /SANLAM VIE in 2011 where he served as Chief Commercial officer and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 2013.

Mr. HODARI serves as a Non-Executive Director on Boards of UNGUKA BANK Plc, Rwanda Investments Group (RIG), SANLAM Rwanda Plc and AYO Rwanda Ltd.

In terms of professional and academic qualification, Mr. HODARI is a Charted Pension Analyst. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology.

Olivier Muhire Nkurunziza

Chief Operations Officer

Olivier Muhire Nkurunziza

Mr. Muhire Nkurunziza Olivier is an experienced Chief Operations Officer with a demonstrated history of 11 years working in the life insurance industry.

He has benefited from several international insurance trainings and seminars, and is skilled in  life insurance, insurance product design and marketing, actuarial science and risk management, with a strong command in customer-centricity.

In addition, Mr. Muhire Nkurunziza is also has strong Microinsurance and Bancassurance operations and management. He holds a master’s degree in economics from Kigali Independent University and a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Rwanda, where computational skills and applied economics were his main focus. He is also following a Diploma II Program in insurance with  the College of Insurance of Kenya.

Celestin Musoni

Chief Finance Officer

Celestin Musoni

Mr. Celestin Musoni started his career in 1993 as Chief Accountant in Printer Set Ltd, a printing company. He has been serving as Chief accountant in petroleum, general business, and transport companies. He joined Murenzi Supply Company in 2004 as chief accountant and in 2008, he was promoted to the position of Chief Finance Officer in Murenzi Supply Company Ltd.

Mr. Musoni joined Sanlam Vie Plc in 2010 where he has led numerous projects to upgrade the company’s accounting systems which have improved reporting, analysis, and the technical working environment. In 2013, he was promoted to the position of Chief Finance Officer. Mr. Musoni holds a master’s degree in accounting and finance obtained from Annamalai University (India) and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Adventist University of Central Africa. Professionally, Musoni Celestin is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR), a Certified Pension Analyst and Chartered Risk Analyst. Mr. Celestin MUSONI is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) from CIMA and Associate of Chartered Institute of Management Accountant.

Regis URAMUTSE NDAHIMANA

General Manager​​​​​​​

Regis URAMUTSE NDAHIMANA

Mr. Regis is a qualified Professional Accountant and an Accredited Professional Trainer and holds a bachelors’ degree in BBA (Finance) with ten years of working experience in the Rwandan and regional insurance sector.

Prior to joining SANLAM Vie Plc, he spent three and a half years in Prime Insurance Ltd where he served as Head of Internal Audit and later promoted to the position of Commercial Director, a position he occupied for two (2) years. During this period, he played a major role in introduction of medical insurance where he extensively worked on its design and implementation from scratch to its success.

Mr. Regis started his career at KPMG where he spent four years and a half as Senior Auditor, where he specialized in the audit of Financial Institutions (Insurance) and Consumer Industry Market in the East African Region and. He also served as Group Internal Auditor Manager at UAP-OLD MUTUAL Insurance.

He is also a seasoned CMA university Judge Panel member from 2019 and he participated in the process of revamping the RTQF Curriculum with CAT ICPAR Qualification.

Aline Uwizera

Head of Human Resources and Administration Department​​​​​​​

Aline Uwizera

Mrs. Aline Uwizera has 15 years’ experience in Executive human resource management, and has notable expertise in strategic human resource planning, performance management, staffing, employee benefits, compensation, payroll, and training and development.

Mrs. Aline is a Senior Professional in Human Resource International (SPHRi) and a Certified Human Resource Analyst (CHRA) through the   Eastern and Southern Africa Consult, and the American Academy of Project Management. She completed also an Executive Leadership Development Programme from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. She is member of the Company Executive Committee and the Rwanda Human Resources Management Organization (RHRMO).

Academically, Mrs. Aline holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Economics obtained from the University of Rwanda.

Aloys NIYIBIZI

Legal Advisor and Company Secretary​​​​​​​

Aloys NIYIBIZI

Mr. Aloys Niyibizi has 10 years in legal and insurance industry. He started his professional career as Legal Claims Manager and later Procurement Officer at Special Guarantee Fund. He has been appointed   by  the Government of Rwanda as State Attorney in 2016 with a mandate to represent the Government of Rwanda in courts where he handled an array of litigation and legal matters, representing the interests of corporate on complex issues, transactions, agreements, and lawsuits. Later, Mr. Aloys occupied the position of Legal Specialist in Ministry of Public Service and Labour (MIFOTRA) where he shifted to private sector to occupy the position of Head Claims & Legal Advisory Department in Soras Vie Ltd, and later the Legal Advisor and Company Secretary since November 2019 up to date.

Mr. Aloys is a holder of a master’s degree in international law and bachelor’s degree in law obtained from National University of Rwanda. In addition to this, he holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice obtained from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD).

Helene Uwimbabazi

Head of Internal Audit​​​​​​​

Helene Uwimbabazi

Ms. Helene is the head of Internal Audit of Sanlam Vie Plc. Ms. Helene has an outstanding experience of twelve (12) years in audit function. Prior to joining Sanlam Vie, she worked at Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) for ten years, where she served as the manager in charge of internal audit, and the tax auditor team leader for large taxpayers.

Helene is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Rwanda.  Helene holds a master’s degree in taxation and a bachelor’s degree in finance. She also possesses a certificate in Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT), Advanced Certified Risk Based Auditor (CRBA) and a certificate in Quality Management system (QMS).

Jean d’Amour Nibabyare

Chief Risk Officer

Jean d’Amour Nibabyare

Mr. NIBABYARE Jean d’Amour has a vast knowledge and experience of around 24 years in the insurance industry. He started his professional career in 1999 with SORAS SA currently SANLAM Rwanda where he was responsible for Reinsurance Management. In 2000, he was promoted to Head of Life Insurance Unit to manage Claims and Agents’ commissions. Later, in 2004 he was appointed Head of Technical Department leading all life operations including Underwriting, Commissions, Claims management as well as reinsurance arrangement. In 2012, after acquisition of SORAS’ stake by Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary (Pty) Ltd, Mr. Jean d’Amour was appointed to the Senior Management position of Technical Director in charge of Company’s operations, a position he led until 2018 where he was appointed to the position of Pension Director.

In 2019, he became the Chief Risk Officer, the position he led up to now.

Professionally, Mr. NIBABYARE Jean d’Amour is a Chartered Risk Analyst (CRA), Chartered Pension Analyst. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics (MA), a Bachelor’s degree in economics and A1 high diploma in Statistics.

Jeannette Tuyishimire

Chief Marketing Officer

Jeannette Tuyishimire

Mrs. Jeannette Tuyishimire has 19 years’ experience in life insurance. Her career started in 2004 with SORAS SA where she occupied various positions in different departments, including Marketing Manager, Head of Underwriting, Head of Premium Allocation and Assistant Head of Claims.

With her technical skills and experience, Mrs. Tuyishimire works in the product designing team. She possesses an excellent ability to motivate others, coupled with the ability to communicate comfortably at all levels, therefore ensuring a motivating working environment for all members of the team to perform at their best.

She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She is pursuing a Diploma II Program in insurance with thhe College of Insurance of Kenya.

Charles Rugema

Head of IT​​​​​​​

Charles Rugema

Mr. Charles has 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, driving the business through the provision of technology solutions. He started his professional career as an IT support officer in SORAS SA and he was later promoted to take charge of IT operations.

Throughout his career, Mr. Rugema Charles has taken up challenges and projects that have helped improve operations and service delivery in areas such as agents’ management, underwriting, premium allocation, claims reinsurance, actuarial, HR, finance, IT risk and IT governance, amongst others. During his tenure, he has implemented business systems that have greatly contributed to the growth of the company, and he led major IT projects on life industry level through Association of Insurers in Rwanda (ASSAR).

In terms of academic and professional journey, Mr. Charles Rugema holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Rwanda. He completed his Master of Science in Project Management from University of Kigali, and he is a member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).