Job Title: CFO
Company: Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD)
Parfait Irakoze is the chief financial officer at Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD).
Until July 2025, he was the CFO at Mayfair Insurance Company Rwanda. Prior to that, he spent over three years at KPMG East Africa, first as senior auditor from January 2022 to April 2023, and later as audit manager from May 2023 to June 2025.
He began his career as a senior accountant at Rwanda Eco Company and Safaris in September 2016, where he worked for two and a half years. In February 2019, he joined EY Rwanda as an auditor, serving in that capacity for three years until January 2022.
Parfait is a member of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR), where he has served on the professional standards committee and the financial reporting excellence award committee since October 2024.
He holds an MBA in finance from Adventist University of Central Africa and an ACCA certification.
Work
June 2025 – July 2025: chief financial officer, Mayfair Insurance Company Rwanda
May 2023 – June 2025: audit manager, KPMG East Africa
January 2022 – April 2023: senior auditor, KPMG East Africa
February 2019 – January 2022: auditor, EY Rwanda
September 2016 – February 2019: senior accountant, Rwanda Eco Company and Safaris
Education
January 2018 – December 2019: ACCA
2017 – 2019: MBA, finance, Adventist University of Central Africa
Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD)
Development Bank of Rwanda is a government-owned development finance institution headquartered in Kigali. It provides financing for projects aligned with Rwanda’s national development priorities, with a focus on sectors such as agriculture, energy, infrastructure, exports, and affordable housing.
