Skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Management
  • English
  • Excel
  • Project Management
  • Finance
  • Product management
  • Banking

Experience

Davis Ikiriza

Work experience
  • Product Manager Agribusiness Guarantee /Lines of credit January 2020 – Present
  • Agricultural Business Initiative(aBi)
  • ▪ Led pipeline development for a portfolio of USD 55M in investments aligned with the organization’s strategic plans.
  • ▪ Deliver funding through three main pillars of Risk sharing mechanisms like Credit Guarantee schemes: Lines of Credit, and capacity building
  • ▪ Introduction of SMEs relevant systems and products integrating Social Performance Management (SPM) like gender concerns at all levels of financing
  • ▪ Participated in implementation of business plans to achieve results and deliver quality projects.
  • ▪ Acted as aBi’s focal person for liaison with the delegated portfolio of financial institutions to ensure quality relationships of mutual trust between donor and implementing partners.
  • Financial Services Development/Agribusiness Credit Officer Feb 2016 – December 2019
  • Agricultural Business Initiative(aBi)
  • ▪ Reviewed project proposals from small and medium enterprises and financial institutions to determine value for money for aBi’s potential investments.
  • ▪ Managed projects and supervised to ensure implementing partners complied with aBi grantee guidelines and procedures
  • ▪ Collaborated with the monitoring and evaluation team to obtain regular reports from the project implementation teams and coordinated monitoring visits to comply with the Donor Community for Enterprise Development (DCED) standards.
  • ▪ Provided Business Development Services in financial management, governance systems, operational policies and formulation of manuals to financial institutions and small and medium enterprises in the agriculture sector.