Yamina Karitanyi

High Commissioner of Rwanda to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Rwanda

Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi is Rwanda’s High Commissioner to the UK and non-resident Ambassador (designate) to Ireland. Prior to her posting to London, Ambassador Karitanyi was at the helm of the Tourism and Conservation portfolios at the Rwanda Development Board – a Government agency mandated with fast-tracking economic development. During her tenure as Head of Tourism and Conservation, the Board developed programmes to improve tourism, including the reintroduction of lions in Akagera National Park. In 2012, she was appointed High Commissioner to Kenya

and during her term, trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries were significantly enhanced. She has held various senior positions over 10 years including GoodWorks International, a consultancy that advises multinational corporations and governments in the USA and East Africa. She has also been a marketing analyst at Carrier Corporation. Ambassador Karitanyi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Studies from Buffalo State College, USA, and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. She is fluent in English, French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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