CURRICULUM VITA FOR PATRICIA UWIMBABAZI A: PERSONAL DATA

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1 CURRICULUM VITA FOR PATRICIA UWIMBABAZI A: PERSONAL DATA Name : Patricia Uwimbabazi Profession : Economist/ Microfinance Specialist Gender : Female Address : Puwim@yahoo.com B: SYNOPSIS OF COMPETENCIES Patricia is a microfinance specialist with over 13 years experience in various fields including Microfinance, agribusiness, capacity building (training, mentoring and coaching), research amongst others. She has worked with different national, international, private and nonprofit making organizations which has exposed her to all kinds of working environment. Patricia has accomplished several assignments in areas of financial analysis, course development and training, Risk management, loan management and recovery, Accounting, social performance management (SPM) product development and financial education. Some of her past jobs accomplished include but not limited to the following; Capacity building for Microfinance sector in Rwanda where she conducted a training of trainers and also provided technical assistance to the SACCO's to enable them develop skills that would help them identify customer needs and develop appropriate products and services; Development of training modules for loan officers (Loan management, Delinquency management and financial Analysis) for Rwanda Cooperative Agency; Capacity Building of Mulindi Tea Growers (MTG) SACCO, Ishema Mulindi and SACCO Tea Shagasha which involved development of tools and training of SACCO's on new policies and tools, this enabled the SACCOs improve their development strategies, Coaching and supporting them in implementation of new product with AFR support. She has gained a great wealth of knowledge working with several organisations holding different positions including; Développement International Desjardins (DID), World council of credit Unions (WOCCU), working with OIKOCREDIT, CGAP, SEEP, Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) and Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR). Patricia has over the years developed competences in the following thematic areas: Microfinance operations and capacity development Financial education for client Financial management Agribusiness and agricultural value chain development, including facilitation and identifying gaps for financing Supporting smallholder farmers to access BDS and financial services Facilitating SACCOs, MFIs and MDIs to develop and roll out new financial products MFI and SACCO training and capacity building Supporting, mentoring, training and coaching for MSMEs Business planning and business development services for saccos. C. A SAMPLE OF THE RELEVANT CONSULTING JOBS ACCOMPLISHED Client Assignment/ Work

2 Client Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) WCS(Wildlife Conservation Society) Assignment/ Work Capacity Building of Mulindi Tea Growers (MTG) SACCO, Ishema Mulindi and SACCO Tea Shagasha For this assignment, I participated in the following activities; Carried out interviews with the SACCOs leaders with special focus on confirming the identified gaps Developed systems (business plans, policies and procedures manuals and tools) Reviewed and developed new savings and credit products Trained, coached and mentored SACCOs on new policies, procedures and tools Trained the board of Directors and the SMT on effective governance Coaching of the 3 Saccos Institutional assessment of the 5 SACCOs that are expected to work with WCS- Identify, assess/diagnose the existing Savings and Credits product according to members needs Identify capacity/training needs/gaps of SACCOs, WCS operational staff and local communities in financial literacy and entrepreneurship as well as lending methodology, management of a guarantee fund and products development; Develop a capacity building plan for SACCOs, and targeted local communities; Identify potential loan products to offered by SACCOs based on the specific contexts (socioeconomy and the geography) of the sector and its inhabitants; Based on the above, in consultation with WCS, RDB and other partners design the operational framework for the credit guarantee fund. IUCN Evaluate the types, structure and delivery of microfinance products, and their relevance to farmers (disaggregated by gender and age) including, but not limited to, micro credit, micro savings, solidarity groups (e.g. VSLA), micro insurance, leasing, and financial literacy training. Asses the appropriateness of microfinance products and services to the needs of rural households, women and men farmers and suitability to financing FLR (Forest Landscape Restoration) initiatives. Identify financial and non-financial barriers that limit, but also enabling factors which enhance, access to microfinance for small holder farmers and community based groups especially focused on FLR, with consideration for gender and youth. Assess the business skills and level of financial education of community groups to access and manage loans and identify existing or potential barriers to accessing finance

3 Client Assignment/ Work Provide recommendations to enhance access to finance for farmers, especially small holders. CGAP Capacity building for Microfinance Sector in Rwanda I conducted a Training of trainers and put in place a pull of trainers to coordinate Capacity building activities in Microfinance Sector. On this assignment I also carried out technical assistance with the CGAP model. Other activities carried out included; coordinating Management tool development for small SACCO's non computerized; leading the implementation and follow up; Reporting to CGAP quarterly and participate in CGAP annual general meeting. OIKOCREDIT SPM MENTOR : Organize and conduct training fo Duterimbere and Goshen Staff in SPM Conduct Diagnostic in Goshen and Duterimbere Coaching Duterimbere in Implementation process of CPP SEEP Network (through AMIR) Women for Women international AFR Coordination of the SEEP project Finance Responsible in Rwanda through AMIR The project involved carrying out the following activities; Participating in Capacity assessment, Action planning and leading the action plan implementation, working with other SEEP partners' in the Sub Saharan countries participating in the same project, Reporting to SEEP and participating in SEEP annual General Meeting. Identification des besoins en renforcement économique et sociale des femmes partenaires de WFWI international ainsi que les besoins en formation pour pouvoir proposer les ajouts aux manuels de formation Microfinance Opportunity through Access to finance Rwanda As a local consultant with AFR, I have carried out the following activities; Designed the National Financial Education Strategy; In order to accomplish this I carried out Support desk research on financial Education; coordinated meetings with key stakeholders; managed logistics for introductory and validation Workshop, Working group; Conducted focus group discussions and wrote the report. Carried out a Diagnostic review of Duterimbere IMF, LTD BDF MINICOM, AMIR, BNR and RCA BDF is an affiliate of Development Bank of Rwanda. I was hired to conduct different trainings targeting Managers of MFIs: Financial analysis, credit analysis and governance; Institutional assessment, Business plan Development and procedures manual development for different SACCOS

4 D:EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Institution Year Award Université libre de Kigali Bachelor of Economics Rwanda Groupe scolaire Saint Aloys Rwamagana Rwanda Diploma in Economics Secondary school Lycee A'level Certificate Vugizo Bujumbura- Burundi Ecole libre de Ngagara O'level Certificate Bujumbura- Burundi Other trainings acquired Training for Smart campaign assessors Training of Trainers in Social performance Management by OIKOCREDIT : September 2014 Client Protection by SEEP Network in Dakar: March 2013 Training of trainers in Financial Education by CGAP: April 2013 Training of trainers on SACCO's Management tools: November 2012 Special Certificate in Microfinance Boulder management program: July- August 2011 Training of trainers in Delinquency management, Calculation and fixation of interest rates CGAP : September 2009 and May 2010 Training in Risk Management By School of Finance and Banking: September 2004 New product Development and their implementation by WOCCU (World Council of credit unions) in Mombasa: September 2007 Training at Nkozi University Uganda on Microfinance and community development: Jun 2004 F. EMPLOYMENT RECORD Feb 2009 April 2014: Director of Capacity Building and Operations, Association of Microfinance Institution in Rwanda MFIs need assessment & identification of products and services according to each one need. Capacity building is provided accordingly; Mobilization of funds for providing Capacity building services to MFIs members; Organize different trainings in the Microfinance industry ; Supervision of social and finance performances achievement among MFIs members Supervision of Finance& human resources in the institution Planning &budget execution in collaboration with finance program manager, Association of Microfinance Institution in Rwanda, Deputy Executive Secretary & Capacity building program manager Coordinate advocacy activities in Microfinance Sector. Participate and assist the Executive Secretary in funds mobilization; Supporting Rwanda cooperative Agency in Capacity Building of IMIRENGE SACCOs ;

5 Assist the Executive Secretary in managing all the programs within AMIR Development of capacity building program based on the MFIs need, (training, Management tools development, Coaching, Product development, Study tour;.) Building capacity on microfinance institutions Members Rural finance product development including the finance of agriculture value chain Development of capacity building for AMIR staff; Organize the Training of trainers in collaboration with CGAP. Continue the monitoring and evaluation accordingly Organization of exchange session between AMIR with other stakeholder in Microfinance industry. Development of management tools within MFIs not computerized ; Coordinate SEEP and CGAP project in Rwanda through AMIR. Organize different workshop and meeting in Microfinance Sector Association of Microfinance Institution in Rwanda, Research and Products development Specialist Financial analyst specialist, advise for according to their financial performance situation; Trainer in loan management, Financial analysis, Audit & control, Accountant, Financial Education Feb 2007-Feb 2009: Microfinance specialist, World Council of credit unions (WOCCU) Organize and Conduct training for Popular Banks staff (WOCCU s members); Develop training module according to the needs; Conduct focus group discussion for client in order of reviewing their products and evaluate the level of satisfaction by product and services delivered by Banque Populaire; Leading product development process and follow up the implementation; Performance monitoring of Popular Banks participating in that project; Reporting accordingly : Project DID and AGASEKE MICROFINANCE BANK I served under the following different posts Project Assistant of PAMIR DID 3040 project Operations Director at CFE AGASEKE Microfinance : Supervision of Branches and Field Offices, Operations staffing management including training, Portfolio management, Maintaining good portfolio quality, Ensure the sounding branch management, Products development. Credit Manager Branch manager Loan officer G: LANGUAGES Languages Speaking Reading Written

6 English Very Good Very Good Very Good French Excellent Excellent Excellent Kiswahili Good Good Good Kirundi Excellent Excellent Excellent Kinyarwanda Excellent Excellent Excellent Certification: I, PATRICIA UWIMBABAZI, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this bio data correctly describe me, my qualifications and my experience.