Claude Bizimana is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB), a commercial public institution in Rwanda in charge of exports of agricultural and livestock products. With over 20 years of experience as a lecturer and researcher in one of Rwanda’s most prominent academic institutions, Claude Bizimana led different initiatives at national, regional and continental levels, including the country office of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program, the most ambitious and comprehensive agricultural reform effort ever undertaken in Africa made by African Heads of States and Governments. As the CEO of NAEB, Claude Bizimana thrives to establish relations and cooperation with regional and international organisations with the aim of improving operations in the coffee value chain and collaboration among stakeholders, especially those who grow and produce the raw product