Marie Gisele DUKUZE is the Senior Legal & Compliance Officer at the Kigali International Financial Centre, a financial centre facilitating international investment and cross-border transactions in Africa.
KIFC’s mandate is to position Rwanda as a preferred financial jurisdiction for investments in Africa by offering an attractive, competitive, and investor-friendly environment, fully compliant with international best practices.
Gisele is a lawyer by profession and has experience in Corporate Law, Commercial Transactions, Intellectual Property Law, and International Financial Crimes. She is also a member of an Ad hoc Committee mandated to ensure Rwanda’s compliance with ESAAMLG/FATF recommendations.
Prior to joining KIFC, Gisele worked at CEDAR ARK LAW as a Legal Associate.
Gisele holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Rwanda, a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development in Rwanda and currently pursuing an LLM in International Business Law from the University of Liverpool. She is also a Certified KYC and CDD Professional by the International Compliance Association, United Kingdom.