Donald Kaberuka is a Rwandan economist. He served as the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015.
Kaberuka was born in Byumba, Rwanda. He obtained his first degree at the University of Dar es Salaam as an undergraduate and obtained his MPhil in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia in 1979. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Glasgow.
Kaberuka worked in banking and international trade for over a decade. Before taking office in 2005 as the seventh President of the African Development Bank, this prominent Rwandan economist had served as his country’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.
Kaberuka served in that position for eight years, and is credited with helping to stabilize the Rwandan economy from the effects of the 1994 genocide.
He also served the Governor for Rwanda for the IMF and World Bank from 1997 to 2005 and the Chief Economist for Inter-Africa Coffee Organization.
Donald Kaberukacurrently serves as the Senior Advisor at TPG Capital, L.P. He also serves as the Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Centum Investment Company Limited since October 11, 2016. Dr. Kaberuka is also the current African Union High Representative for the Peace Fund.