The Office of the Director General provides direction to all departments; ensures the daily management of the Institute; serves as legal representative of the Institute; prepares the Board meetings; implements the decisions of the Board of Directors; prepares and submits to the Board of Directors the annual budget proposal of the Institute; manages external relations with MINECOFIN and all Govt. of Rwanda institutions; manages relations with International agencies, East African Community (EAC) statistical offices; and overall coordination of National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) activities and coordination of the National Statistical System (NSS).
To accomplish its mission, the Office of the Director General is assisted by three other offices:
The following list of staff are under the Office of the Director General:
- Administrative Assistant (1)
- Public Relations & Communication Officer (1)
- External & Internal Coordination Specialist (1)
Director-General (DG):
Mr Ivan MURENZI
Director General
Mr. Ivan MURENZI is the Director General (DG) at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda from 12 June 2024 to date. He became DG after serving at NISR as Deputy Director General (DDG) since 5 April 2017 and he is a statistician and economist with expertise in research, data collection and analysis.
Prior to that, his worked as a financial inclusion specialist and later as Head of digital services at Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) for 6 years. His responsibilities included leading research on financial inclusion (finscope Surveys) ; supporting development of various financial sector policies and strategies to promote MSME financing, mobile finance services, branchless banking among other interventions.
Prior to joining AFR, he worked a range of government institutions, research organizations, and a private consulting firm such as PwC and Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR). He holds a Master’s in Policy Economics from the Centre of Development Economics, Williams College; Massachusetts, USA.
Mr. Ivan MURENZI also served in various Boards of Directors and Councils, including:
Member of Board of Directors of the National Bank of Rwanda
Member of Monetary policy Committee of the Central Bank