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Management Team

Md. Jamilur Rahman Chowdhury

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Md. Jamilur Rahman Chowdhury

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Mr. Md. Jamilur was appointed as Managing Director of ASA Microfinance (Rwanda) Plc on April 30, 2016. Since joining ASA, one of the top 3 microfinance institutions in Bangladesh, on November 16, 1991, he has gained extensive experience in operating a micro finance business by through various positions in the field and at management level, including Branch Manager, Regional Manager, District Manager, Divisional Manager, and Assistant Director. He has also been assigned to handle numerous oversea jobs in several critical positions – as Executive Director with ASA Ghana, Consultant with Bina Swadaya, the leading NGO in Indonesia, as Consultant with UNDP system in the Philippines for the UNDP Micro-start Support Program (MSP), and as General Manager with SAMIC PLC. in Cambodia. Mr. Md. Jamil graduated with a Master of Art in General History from Chittagong University of Bangladesh.

Md. Golam Mostofa

Deputy Managing Director

Md. Golam Mostofa

Deputy Managing Director

Mr. Mostofa has served as Deputy Managing Director from 2021, having previously been Operations Manager from 2018. He has been working in Rwanda since 2016. Mr. Mostofa has over 15 years of experience in the microfinance industry. As a principal consultant he has served one year in Grooming Integrated Global services limited, a Nigeria based microfinance institution. Previously he held different positions in the field atASA Bangladesh, such as District Officer, Regional Manager, and District Manager. Mr. Mostofa obtained his master’s degree in Social Science from Chittagong University of Bangladesh.

Jean Claude Hagenimana

Chief Financial Officer

Jean Claude Hagenimana

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Hagenimana joined ASA Microfinance (Rwanda) Plc in December 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining ASA Rwanda, he worked at PwC Rwanda Limited as Senior Associate Auditor and at Ernest & Young as Junior Auditor. Mr. Hagenimana has extensive experience and expertise in the following areas: Auditing commercial banks, insurance companies and consumer companies; IT controls review; tax advisory services; and financial reporting. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Rwanda and is also finalizing a Master’s of Science in Finance from the University of Kigali. He also holds a CPA and is a member of ICPAR.

Theoneste Iyakaremye

Head of Internal Audit

Theoneste Iyakaremye

Head of Internal Audit

Mr. Iyakaremye is the Head of the Internal Audit department, having joined the company in 2021. Prior to joining ASA Rwanda, he worked at Equity bank (Rwanda) Plc as the senior internal auditor for 9 years. He has also worked in Operations, occupying positions as senior relationships agency and merchant operations. Mr. Iyakaremye holds a masters’ degree of Business Administration specializing in Accounting and Finance from the Mount Kenya University, and he is currently pursuing his CPA (Certified Public Accountants). He has undergone a series of training mainly in risk management, operational risk assessment, regulatory compliance and he is a certified internal controller.

Jean Paul Ndahiro

Head of IT

Jean Paul Ndahiro

Head of IT

Mr Ndahiro joined ASA Microfinance Rwanda PLC in 2021. He is internationally certified as PECB ISO 22301 Lead implementer and PECB Disaster Recovery Manager. Has over 8 years of experience in IT infrastructure at Equity Bank Rwanda PLC. Moreover, he has hands on experience in configuring and managing hub and spoke network topology, managing calls in call billing system, managing and deploying centralized Symantec antivirus software on both on promises and in the cloud, managing and deploying network access control using portnoc tools, configure dynamic routing (EIGRP, OSPF and BGP), implementation and management of Commvault backup solution, and system administration in both hyper-v and VMware environments. Mr Ndahiro holds a master’s degree in Information technology from Madras university of India.

Imanishimwe Abraham

Head of HR & Administration

Imanishimwe Abraham

Head of HR & Administration

Mr. Imanishimwe Abraham joined ASA International Rwanda on 12th September 2022, having previously been employed as Human Resource Officer for more than 7 years at different Hospitals (Kibogora, Rwinkwavu, and Gahini District Hospital) and as Secretary of Kibogora District Hospital for over 5 years. He has been chairperson of the Board of Director in African Community Sustainability Develop for 2 years. Experienced in Human Resource Management and Administration, he has skills in HR software such as IPPIS and iHRIS. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from Kampala International University in Uganda,

Board of Directors

Dirk Brouwer

Dirk Brouwer

Dirk Brouwer co-founded ASA International in 2007 and has since served as the company’s Executive Director. He is also the Managing Director of Catalyst Microfinance Investors, which he co-founded in 2006. With over 20 years of experience in investment banking, and 11 in microfinance, he has held several senior and supervisory positions, having acted as a board member of CMI and Founder and Managing Director of Sequoia which he founded in 2002. Prior to this, he spent 14 years working at Merrill Lynch and PaineWebber.

A.K.M. Aminur Rashid

A.K.M. Aminur Rashid

Aminur Rashid is currently the Executive Director of ASA International. Since joining in 2011, he has held the positions of Chief Coordinating Officer and Director. Prior to this, Aminur was a Director of ASA Bangladesh from 1992, closely associated with the company’s micro-finance program. Before joining ASA, Aminur worked at Grameen Bank, a fully regulated specialized bank for microfinance. With over 28 years of experience in microfinance, he has held multiple senior industry positions, and worked in extremely varied developmental contexts including Tajikistan, India, Mexico, and Nigeria.

Md. Nurul Islam Chowdhury Mafique

Md. Nurul Islam Chowdhury Mafique

He obtained his post-graduate degree in Management from National University of Bangladesh in the 1997. He joined ASA Bangladesh in1994 and since then has been closely associated with the implementation of ASA’s microfinance program and impact assessment team. He was the Managing Director of ASA Afghanistan (previously part of ASA International) between 2009 - 2010. He provided consultancy services to the Centre for Community Transformation in the Philippines and the Cambodia Health Committee, such as, to strengthen the Microfinance Service Delivery System, Human Resources Management System, Monitoring/Supervision and implementation, financial control system, accounting & record keeping system from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Mafique worked with various organizations as a Deputy Managing Director, such as Pag-ASA Philippines (part of ASA International) in 2008 - 2009, ASA Pakistan in 2011 - 2012 and ASA Savings and Loans in 2013-2014. Mr. Mafique is the Managing Director of ASA Uganda since 2014 and is member of the Board of Directors of ASA Kenya.

Md. Jamilur Rahman Chowdhury

Md. Jamilur Rahman Chowdhury

Mr. Chowdhury is an ex-officio member of the Board of ASA Rwanda by virtue of his position as Managing Director.

Martin Murenzi

Martin Murenzi

Mr Murenzi is a highly skilled banking professional with 18 years of working experience in banking with specialization in areas of bank supervision at the National Bank of Rwanda (Inspector and Principal Inspector of Banks from1996 to 2011), in risk management (Financial Risk Manager at the National Bank of Rwanda (2011 to 2014), and auditing (freelance consultant in financial and non-financial audit firms) from 2015. Mr Murenzi obtained his Master degree in Economics from University of Tunis, Tunisia in 1993. To enhance his knowledge, he has participated in about more than 15 seminars and workshops in banking supervision and risk management.

Muhammad Shah Newaj

Muhammad Shah Newaj

Mr. Newaj, the Managing Director of ASA Tanzania, is responsible for the company’s establishment in Tanzania. Before that, he served as a Junior Deputy Director at ASA Bangladesh since 2011. He has more than twelve years, including more than nine years at top-level, management experience in the field of finance management, Human Resource Management & administration, microfinance and banking operations. Prior to joining ASA International, he worked as an Operations Officer at City Bank Limited. Mr. Newaj obtained a Masters degree in International Human Resource Management from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and a Masters in Social Work from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-Bangladesh. Moreover, he has a diploma in Sales & Marketing Management from the London Centre of Marketing in the UK.

Nzamwita Kagwesage Adelaide

Independent Non-Executive Director

Nzamwita Kagwesage Adelaide

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mrs. Adelaide has twenty-five years (1996 – 2020) experience of developing and successfully implementing monetary policy processes as well as in project management for governmental development programmes from various donors such as the World Bank, IFAD, AFD and other bilateral organisations.