{{Short description|Rwandan businesswoman}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Lina Higiro | image =NCBA_LOGO_2.jpg | image_size = | caption = NCBA Logo | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1979}} | birth_place = Rwanda | death_date = | death_place = | education = North-West University<br/>{{small|(Bachelor of Commerce)}}<br/>University of Liverpool<br/>{{small|(Master of Business Administration)}}<br/>Ryerson University<br/>{{small|(Certificate in Business & Corporate Communications)}} | occupation = Businesswoman, bank executive | years_active = | known_for = Banking | title = Chief Executive of NCBA Bank Rwanda | spouse = }}
'''Lina Mukashyaka Higiro''' is a Rwandan businesswoman and has been the chief executive officer of the NCBA Bank Rwanda since July 2018.<ref name="1R">{{cite web|date=9 July 2018 | url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/business/cba-bank-rwanda-new-ceo | title=CBA Bank Rwanda gets new CEO |newspaper=New Times (Rwanda) |author=Collins Mwai |access-date=12 July 2018 | location=Kigali}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lina M. Higiro – Rwanda Bankers' Association |url=https://rba.rw/executive-committee/lina-m-higiro/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Immediately before her current assignment, since July 2016, she served as the chief operating officer of AB Bank Rwanda. In this role, she oversaw bank operations, transactional banking, business development and digital finance.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHL3Zf6Zvk |title=Oracle Hosts Executive Woman Leadership Dialogue |publisher=CNBC Africa via Youtube.com | location=Johannesburg |date=23 February 2017 |access-date=12 July 2018 |author=CNBC Africa |format=Video}}</ref>
Prior to that, Higiro was the Head of Strategy, Planning and Marketing at I&M Bank, and before that she worked at Guaranty Trust Bank (at that time Fina Bank, as the Head of SME Banking, from 2007 until 2011.<ref name="1R"/>
==Background and education== She studied at North-West University, in South Africa, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Later, she obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.<ref name="1R"/><ref name=":0" /> She also has a certificate in business and corporate communications, awarded by Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada.
==See also== * List of banks in Rwanda * Peace Uwase * Alice Kalonzo–Zulu
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==External links== *[https://rw.ncbagroup.com/ Website of NCBA Bank Rwanda]
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