SPECIAL REPORT 15
BERN A DE T T E UW I C Y E Z A
SECRETARY GENERAL, KIGALI INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE
Bernadette is the Secretary General of Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC). She has held this role since the starting of the Centre in 2012. She holds a French Lawdegree and a Postgraduate Diploma in European Union Law (with Honors) from the University of Rennes I in France. The special field for Bernadette is business law, regional integration, management and policy formulation. She is also an AccreditedMediator CEDR. Prior to joining KIAC, Mrs. Uwicyezawas a Legal Advisor to the Ministry of East African Affairs under TradeMark East Africa Project (2011) assisting theMinistry in legal and judicial matters of the EAC integration. She serves also as Legal consultant to theMinistry of Justice under the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project/ World Bank (2006- 2011), coordinating the business law reform programengaged by the government for easy doing business in Rwanda. She worked earlier to that asManaging Director in different companies in Rwanda and served as lecturer in different schools of law in Rwanda. She speaks English, French and Kinyarwanda.
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