Dr. Raymond Ndikumana, Conflict Resolution Committee

Dr. Raymond currently serves his country Rwanda as the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Strategic Planning and Administration (DVC-SPA) at the University of Rwanda since July 2022. He is a Stanford Professional Certified Project Manager (SCPM). He has a PhD in Management Accounting and Control from from Örebro University (Sweden), and A Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Dundee (UK). Prior to his appointment as DVC-SPA, he served in several capacities at senior and Director level mainly in the area of Partnership development, Project Management and Planning & Institutional Advancement. Since 2020, he is a member for Ubuntu Net Alliance Board’s Resource Mobilization. From 2008-2021, he served as the Overall Program Coordinator of the Rwanda & Sweden Bilateral Research Cooperation, a role He combined from 2008-2013 with being the Principal Planner & Strategist for the former National University of Rwanda. Over the last 14 years, he initiated and coordinated various strategic partnership programs with different other International Development Partners (in Netherlands, USA, Belgium, South Korea, and EU) focusing on Research capacity development, Youth education & career support, Inclusive Institutional Change and Digitalization in Rwanda Higher Education Sector. Raymond is passionate about Human Capital Development and Impact, an interest he explores in his research in Accounting and Control to what is proposed as “Enabling Management Control for Development”. He speaks English and French.