Management Team
Promoting sustainable development and environmental protection at community level requires special technical and organizational skills as well as stakeholder participation. Our RDIS team is composed of experts stationed in different locations in Rwanda who are tackling the challenge. Please feel free to contact our team with any questions or concerns.
Pastor Viateur, is a holder of a Bachelor's degree of Development Studies and a Master's degree of Diaconic Management. As Executive Director of RDIS, He is responsible for maintaining good relationships between RDIS and its partners and all stakeholders, seeking new partnerships to extend the work of RDIS, ensuring proper management and utilization of RDIS resources; establish and ensure good quality standards and professionalism within RDIS Organization. He is responsible of developing Strategic plan and annual plan and present them to the Board of Directors for inputs and endorsement, developing policies and present them to the Board of Directors for validation, elaborating the monitoring, evaluation tools to make the organization more effective. Furthermore, he facilitates the development of proposals and programs meant to address the needs of members in the communities.
Mr. Jean Chrysostome NSABIMANA is the Deputy Executive Director of Rural Development Interdiocesan Service (RDIS). With over 17 years of experience in administration from his previous service in the Anglican Diocese of Kigeme, he brings seasoned leadership and deep institutional knowledge to the organization. In his current role, he is responsible for ensuring the proper management and utilization of RDIS resources, including the effective oversight of human resources and material assets. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and recently earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, equipping him with a strong blend of technical and managerial skills that support RDIS’s mission of promoting sustainable development and community transformation.
Mrs. Emilienne Akimpaye serves as the Director of Finance at RDIS, where she oversees the organization’s financial planning, compliance, and administrative systems. Holding a master’s degree in accounting, she brings deep expertise in financial management. Reporting to the Executive Director, she ensures that RDIS’s financial procedures are properly applied, prepares and monitors budgets in collaboration with all departments, and she is responsible for preparing financial statements, she oversees audits, ensures timely tax compliance; including PAYE and RSSB; and provides financial models to support all projects. She also advises the RDIS' Chief Accountant on strategic financial management and internal controls, playing a key role in promoting transparency, accountability, and sustainability across the organization.
Mr. Eric Bagenzi serves as the Director of Environmental Care and Disaster Risk Reduction at RDIS, bringing over seven years of dedicated experience in climate change adaptation, environmental management, and community development. Since joining RDIS in 2018, he has advanced from Field Coordinator for the Cyangugu Zone to leading organization-wide environmental and resilience programs. In his current role, He oversees major landscape restoration and climate action initiatives, including revitalizing the Lake Kivu Basin, advancing carbon emission reduction efforts, promoting climate-smart agriculture, and strengthening tree nursery development. His work is supported through partnerships with key international organizations such as TerraFund for AFR100, Bread for the World, the United Evangelical Mission, and Rwanda Action. He has contributed to research on forest restoration and its socio-economic impacts on smallholder farmers, and he represents RDIS in regional and global climate forums, including COP28, the Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice, and continental environmental stewardship platforms.
Mrs. Mugeni Primitive serves as the Chief Accountant at RDIS, where she is responsible for executing the organization’s core accounting operations and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with Honors in Finance and is currently advancing her professional qualifications as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) candidate at the Intermediate Level. In her responsibilities, she maintains accounting books, reports bank transactions and reconciliation reports, and manages staff payroll. She records and monitors financial transactions originating from different partners, ensures proper filing of accounting documents, supports expenditure tracking and office financial logistics, and provides financial advice to management as required. She also handles bank-related matters and performs additional duties aligned with her accounting mandate to support effective financial management across RDIS.
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