Valentine Rugwabiza

Minister of East African Community, Rwanda Government

Experience in senior government and private sector positions. 1997-2000, managed own business, Rwanda. Former: senior manager with a major Swiss multinational company; Head, Commercial Development and Marketing, Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Rwanda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Head of Delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Switzerland; Adviser, Council of Economic and Social Affairs, Office of the Rwandan President, Kigali; Coordinator, African Group, WTO. Currently, responsibility covers development issues and policies; trade facilitation; training and technical cooperation; external relations. Founding Member: Rwandese Private Sector Federation; Rwanda Women Entrepreneurs' Organization; Rwandese Women Leaders' Caucus.

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