Mireille Karera is the Founder and Executive Chairwoman at KORA Coaching Group Ltd, a Coaching & Consulting company based in Rwanda and South Africa. Mireille is the Faculty Lead Coach at KORA Coaching & Business Academy (KCA), which is a subsidiary of the Group. She is a Rwandan Businesswoman who recently returned to Africa after spending 20 years outside of the continent, including over 13 years working as a Top Performer in Sales, Business Development Strategy for Global Financial Services Providers such as Moody’s Investor Services, EBS Dealing Resources (now ICAP) and Thomson Reuters in London, Dubai, Johannesburg, and Nairobi.

Currently, Mireille serves on 3 Boards of Directors as Chairwoman. She also serves on 2 other Boards as a Director.

As a leading Coach and Public Speaker, Mireille is a sought-after speaker for conferences on Business issues and Women Economic Empowerment.  Under her leadership, KORA Coaching Group Ltd. launched the very first Professional Coaching Academy in Rwanda. The recently created Coaching Academy’s mission is to create a solid Coaching industry in Rwanda by tackling the scarce supply of local Professional Coaches in Rwanda.

Mireille is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is also a Certified Professional Coactive Coach (CPCC) from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI).

Her mission is to empower a generation of World-Class Business Leaders who will transform Africa into an economic powerhouse.

In 2017, Mireille was handed an Award “Africa’s Top 25 Distinguished Women in Business Excellence” by Africa Leadership Magazine & Amazons Watch Magazine.

In 2020, Mireille was conferred an Award as “101 Most Fabulous Global Coaching Leaders” at the World HRD Congress in Mumbai, India.

Ignace Rusenga Bacyaha is a seasoned Rwandan business leader who is currently serving as a Director of the Board for Corporate Investments at Mara Group, Ignace recently retired from his position as the Principal Country Officer for the East Africa Hub of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) part of the World Bank Group.

His long career in business management and investment includes executive positions with the Aga Khan Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the World Bank at the Group level. During his long tenure at the IFC, he has been instrumental in leading Investment operations, developing scalable business models and ecosystems, managing investment and advisory teams, and facilitating successful investments into companies in Africa as Senior Operations Officer, Program Manager, Country Resident Representative, and Country Head.

Ignace is passionate about developing the private sector in Africa

Noella Mujawamariya serves as the Faculty Lead at Kora Coaching Group. She is dependable, courageous and devotes her time impacting various people’s lives through trainings and engaging in positive conversations.

She gained her skills and experience from Educational and Professional backgrounds. For over the last seven years , she worked for Marriott International in the Middle East and Rwanda. She has made a great contribution towards customer service in different companies and believes that a transformed leader devotes to driving positive changes and does not get discouraged by circumstances.

Noella has spent many years working on associates’ personal development. Her vision is to see young leaders who are driven by great values influence their teams towards achieving their dreams. She is driven by passion and integrity. As part of her leadership and management roles, she contributed a lot in identifying talents and allocating associates in different positions according to their different capabilities. 

Through Coach Training Certification by Kora Coaching and Business Academy, Noella has been able to support different leaders with issues they are facing in leadership that can hinder them from achieving their business goals together with people they lead enabling them to create positive working environments.

After contributing her leadership and great customer care service knowledge in different Marriott International Brands, Noella has also been invited by different companies to conduct trainings and speak on TV shows in Rwanda to encourage people to:
try brand-new properties in the country, emphasize the importance of providing exceptional services in different companies, build a mentality where every client is served as a king or queen and no one leaves the properties unhappy, which is a very good way to maintain customer relationships.

Julien Kavaruganda is the Founder & Senior Partner of K-Solutions & Partners a corporate law firm in Kigali, Rwanda. He has been practicing at the Brussels Bar Association before joining the Rwanda Bar Association.

Julien is the outgoing President of the Rwanda Bar Association. He is also Vice Chairman of the Kigali International Arbitration Center, Board member of the East African Law Society, MTN Rwandacell Plc, Resident Director of New Bugarama Mining Company Ltd and recently appointed Board member of Rwanda Finance Ltd

Julien has over seventeen years of experience. His practice covers corporate and commercial law inclusive of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, privatization, banking and finance, project finance, capital markets, arbitration, energy and natural resources, and infrastructure law.

Julien’s experience includes assisting leading local and international investors in establishing their businesses in Rwanda, and he has acted for several major listed and unlisted clients in the construction, aviation, telecommunication, financial services sectors.

He can share his knowledge gained with more than 15 years’ experience as board member in different local and international companies, acting as Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chair of the risk committee, Chair of the HR and Remuneration committee in a bank and a telecom company, Chair of Underwriting committee for an insurance company.

Julien has lectured at the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD), and he is involved in the drafting of key priority areas of Rwandan laws as a board member of the Rwanda Law Reform Commission, Rwanda Bar Association and Rwanda Finance Limited for the establishment of the Kigali International Financial Center.

Julien is recognized as a leading lawyer by IFLR, Legal 500 and by Chambers Global Guide for the last ten years (2021, 2020,
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011).

Julien is fluent in English, French and Kinyarwanda

Julien is also actively involved in a number of environmental and ecological issues in the local community.

Boniface Mutua is a Certified Public Accountant (licensed by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
Rwanda and the Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya) and seasoned business advisor with over 20-
years post-qualification experience, 10 of which he has worked with international Consulting firms Deloitte &
Touché and PKF, growing through the ranks to the position of Country Director of PKF in Rwanda, a position he
held for 5 years. He has also worked for Kenya Airways as a Finance Manager for 8 years, five of which he was
stationed in Rwanda.

Boniface is a Certified Public and Practicing Accountant and Auditor in Rwanda and Kenya. He is a specialist in
audit, accounting, transaction advisory, training and couching, internal control and processes, project
management and planning, tax advisory (he is an accredited agent by Rwanda Revenue Authority to certify
Financial Statements), financial management, human resource management and company secretarial among
others. Having worked in Rwanda for over 17 years, he has excellent knowledge of the Rwanda business
environment. During his role in the audit environment as a lead auditor, Boniface has extensively interacted with
Boards of Director of numerous companies from diverse industries. He is currently the appointed auditor of the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR), where he advises the Governing Council on financial
matters of the institute and support the growth of accounting profession in Rwanda.

Boniface has certificates in effective skills trainer by Deloitte South Africa and training on Corporate Governance
issued by the IFC in collaboration with ICPAR. He has also served as a member of the Inspection commission of the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda for a period of 3 years. The Inspection Commission is in-charge
of the operating standards of the accounting profession in Rwanda. Boniface is also a part-time Lecturer at the
Business Schools of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, the Kenya Institute of Management
and the University of Kigali lecturing and couching in Company Law, Finance, Tax, Audit and Accounting, including
planning and budgeting among other units. He also conducts workshops and training sessions for the Institute of
Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR) as well as the Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya
(ICPAK). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Project Management

Jeannette Mukabalisa is the founder and Managing Director of Great Green Gardens Ltd, a farming business focusing on horticulture. From a family farming background, with a long serving experience with International Non-Government Government Organizations, Jeannette has developed a strong interest in Agriculture and Women’s Empowerment Sectors, while working with rural communities to initiate activities enabling the improvement of their life conditions. She, held high level positions at FAIM AFRICA Ltd, at the International Rescue Committee Rwanda, at Concern Worldwide Rwanda, and Coordinated the engagement of citizens and local government in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in her country.

Jeannette is a first-class honor Bachelor’s graduate in Rural Development Economics from the University of Rwanda – INES campus. Some of the companies involved in agriculture she has collaborated with are UNILEVER for IT Lifebuoy Brand and FAIM AFRICA Ltd. Jeannette’s passion for Women Empowerment as well as their family’s welfare has in sighted her to attend to a professional Coaching program with KORA Coaching & Business Academy in order for her to be equipped with all necessarily skills and tools to help women and young generations to optimize their potentials to overcome challenges and make progress toward their desired life.

Jeannette has so far contributed to several important coaching sessions organized by companies, development agencies to coach women’s and professional groups involved in business in Rwanda, those sessions include the 1. Mutual learning, exchange of knowledge and experience for agribusiness in the rural area, among 150 women beneficiaries of the Joint Program on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic empowerment of Rural Women (JPRWEE) as implemented by the UN
Women in Collaboration with Imbuto Foundation, 2. She also facilitated the First Line Managers Development Program for BRALIRWA Staff in 2019, the program was designed to support First Line Managers to Cope with their roles and responsibilities as well as enabling them to step and lead team members. 3. The other important session happened in 2020 during Covid-19 pandemic to help Women Entrepreneurs under PSF/RCWE to conduct their business clinic and alleviate the psycho-social setbacks engendered by the pandemic.

Mireille Bivegete graduated as a Certified Professional KORA Coach from the first online Cohort at KORA Coaching & Business Academy in Rwanda which started in November 2019. Afterwards, she joined KORA Coaching Group and currently serves as a faculty member at KORA Coaching and Business Academy.

Before joining KORA Coaching Group, Mireille Bivegete worked at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), Rwanda as a Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Financing officer . She was responsible for the coordination of Development Partners (DPs) through various forums and the mobilization of External Resources to meet Rwanda Economic Development Poverty Reduction Strategy and Vision 2020. She followed-up on projects financed by the African Development Bank at different Government Ministries to ensure fulfilment of effective conditions and disbursements are in line with Aid Policy and procedure manual overviews. Furthermore, she was part of the team that created a Private Sector Financing Map for mobilizing financing for the private sector from International financial institutions.

Upon completing her Master’s degree in 2012, she joined the African Development Bank in Tunis in 2013, where she was an intern in the Governance, Economic and Financial Management Department (OSGE). She also served as a junior consultant in the same department. Mireille Bivegete holds a Master of Science degree in Business Economics (MSc) from the University of Portsmouth, UK and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (BSc) from the University of Hull, UK. She speaks French, English, Swahili and Kinyarwanda.

Tony Stubbs is a Board Director with a keen appreciation of corporate governance and over 35 years’ experience of financial control & reporting, operations, sales &
marketing, M&A, MBO/IPO, finance transformation and business process outsourcing, within a diverse range of industries & size of business including;
healthcare, staffing, technology, not-for-profit, financial services, manufacturing, and retail in both the UK and internationally.
Qualified chartered accountant, capabilities and attributes as follows:
∙ Entrepreneurial, unrelenting driver of change for cash conservation and profit
improvement
∙ Building and leading teams to exceptional performance, internationally
∙ Able to succeed in collaborative, fast-paced start-up / high growth environments
∙ Intellectually agile – able to think deeply and qualitatively about business
problems, breaking down issues and presenting solutions
∙ Articulate with an ability to communicate in a direct and clear manner and with
empathy
∙ Extensive international business experience, linguistically adept with fluency in
Italian & French

Regis Isheja is a Media Coach at Kora Coaching & Business Academy. Regis is a Rwandan Public Speaker and Media Personality and Journalist with an International track record. Regis is Rwanda’s most sought-after MC hosting international conferences and high-level meetings. Regis is the Founder and CEO at TransMeet LTD, a Media and Communication company based in Rwanda. He is a Content Producer and an International MC. Regis spent 14 years in Canada, working for Media and Communication powerhouses like Bell Canada, Rogers Television, and many more. After returning to Rwanda in 2013, he hosted a plethora of TV talk- shows on the national broadcaster (RBA), including political, sports and entertainment shows, most notoriously “Rise and Shine Rwanda”, arguably the biggest one-hour live talk-show to ever air in Rwanda. Among those Regis has interviewed are former UN Under-Secretary General Dr. Carlos Lopes, Reverend Pastor Rick Warren, many Ministers and CEOs. Regis has moderated Presidential and Ministerial panels, but also high profile panelists like former IMF Managing Director and current President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde, Alibaba Founder and Chairman Jack Ma, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Grammy Award winning recording artist Akon, and many more. Keeping up with the continental growing demand in TV production, Regis proceeded to produce, narrate and host 2 critically acclaimed TV documentaries for French TV giant CANAL+ in 2017; “Madagascar : Les Combattants De La Grande Ile” and “Rwanda : Femmes De Pouvoir