Juliet Kabera is the Director General of the Rwanda Environment Management Authority, to which she was appointed in May 2020. Prior to her appointment, she held the position of Director General of Environment and Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment. Juliet began her career as an Environment Management Officer, at a time when Rwanda was developing much of its forward-looking environmental institutions and policies and enforcement of different laws such as the 2008 law banning plastic bags in Rwanda and the 2019 law banning single use plastics. Juliet served as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol in the year 2019/2020.  

Juliet KABERA graduated with a Bachelor of Science with a major in Biochemistry from Makerere University Kampala, in March 2002, and in June 2020 she graduated Masters in Conservation MBA at the African Leadership University

Munyazikwiye Faustin is Deputy Director General (DDG) of Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) since November 2017 and holds a master’s degree in environmental management from University of Kwazulu Natal (South Africa,2010) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management from Maastricht School of management (Netherlands, 2008). He has a professional experience of more than 13 years.

Previously, Faustin has held a wide range of technical and senior management positions and responsibilities in the field of environment and climate change including 5 years as Director of climate change and international obligations Unit, 2 years as Environmental regulation and standard officer and 2 years as Environmental Impact Assessment Officer in Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA).

In addition to the duties of deputy director general of REMA, Faustin is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) National focal point for Rwanda and Lead negotiator since 2012. He Coordinates activities of Green Climate Fund (GCF) NDA secretariat, Global Environment Facility (GEF) operation FP office, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) on Carbon market DNA office for Rwanda and Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN) NDE for Rwanda.

Mudakikwa Ruhanamirindi Eric is the Division manager of Environment Analytics and Lake Kivu Monitoring Division, the position he was appointed in April 2021, holding a BSc. in Biochemistry in 2010 from former Kigali Institute of Science and Technology now the college of Science and Technology in the University of Rwanda, a post graduate Diploma in Lake Ecology from Egerton University Kenya and MSc. in Business administration in 2017, from Mount Kenya University Rwanda campus.

Prior to his appointment in REMA, Eric worked as Plankton monitoring specialist, a position he held from 2016 in Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) under Lake Kivu Monitoring Program, for the monitoring safety of the stability of Lake Kivu environment and its ecosystem from the Methane gas extraction. Eric began his carrier in private sector where he worked in SKOL brewery form 2010.

Béatha AKIMPAYE, the Division Manager (DM) of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division at Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA); a position she was appointed in April,2021. She is a Master’s Degree holder in Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management with a Bachelor degree in Agriculture, Crop Science from the former National University of Rwanda (NUR).

Before her appointment at REMA, AKIMPAYE worked at Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) to safeguard Social and Environment as a core assignment in Feeder Roads Development Project, a project funded by World Bank. She has previous experience in addressing Gender Based Violence and Sexual Reproductive Health Right. She has also extensive experience in Tea plantation acquired from Wood Foundation Africa (WFA) trough Services Company Out growers Nyaruguru Limited (SCON) and Shagasha Tea Factory where she worked as a Tea Agronomist and a Field Extensionist respectively. 

Alex Mugabo joined the Rwanda Environment Management Authority in September 2020 with little prior exposure to the environment sector. His first encounter with the sector was overwhelming - particularly by the extraordinary amount of jargon used. Nonetheless, he has since immersed himself in the field and proudly coordinated the activities of REMA’s Single Projects Implementation Unit (SPIU), gaining extensive exposure to environmental management, climate change, biodiversity, climate finance, resource mobilisation, and partnerships with government institutions and development partners.

A development professional with broad experience spanning government, civil society, and international development organisations, including bilateral and United Nations agencies, Alex’s work and expertise cut across project management, development finance, research, impact and statistical analytics, econometrics, monitoring and evaluation, and evidence-informed policy. A strong believer in the power of research, data and evidence to improve development decisions, he is particularly interested in strengthening the connection between policy, financing, implementation and measurable results.

Beyond his formal responsibilities, Alex is committed to public service and community engagement. He volunteers his time in local decentralisation affairs within his village and cell.