Eugenia KAYITESI is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research IPAR-Rwanda. She is an Honors Graduate of Social Sciences from Makerere University with an MBA from Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands. She is pursuing her PhD degree in Business Administration specialising in Strategic Management from Jomo Kenyatta University.

She has an experience of more than 20 years of work with private, Public and Civil Society institutions and a strong background in Policy Analysis and Research, Capacity Building, Human Resource Management Organisational Development and leadership. She sits on the National Independent Review Panel (NIRP) for RPPA, and is a Board Member of the National Capacity Building Foundation (NCBS).

She is the current President of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Policy Institute Committee (PIC). She has presented papers in Regional and International Conferences and has officiated National Workshops, Panel discussions and Conferences that inform policy making.