Who We Are
The Rwandan Heart Care and Research Foundation will be the first NGO hospital offering cardiovascular healthcare services free of charge to the people of Rwanda and its regions. Our mission is to offer high quality care to all without any form of discrimination.
Board Of Trustees
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub OM
Vice Chair of the Board
Founder, Chain of Hope
Medical Director, Aswan Heart Centre
Madame Radegonde Ndejuru
Chair of the Board
Public Health Consultant
Engineer Samih Sawiris
Board Member
Businessman and Philanthropist
Professor William Wijns MD, PhD
Vice-Chair of the Board
Science Foundation Ireland Research Professor of Interventional Cardiology
National University of Ireland Galway
Christelle Muvunyi
Board Member
Francophone Policy Analyst
African Constituency Bureau
for the Global Fund
Kamel Saleh
Board Member
Financial Advisor
Professor David Bradley MD
Board Member
Chair of Rwanda Training Board
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
Director of Clinical Operations & Director of Electrophysiology, Michigan Congenital Heart Center
Professor John Deanfield
Professor of Cardiology, UCL
Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre
Director, National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes
Senior Advisor to Public Health England (PHE)
Julia Backhaus
Board Member
Associate Professor in Architecture,
University College London
Founding Director, Flux Architects
Mr Hany Azer
Board Member
Civil Engineer
Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahne
Professor of Cardiology
Director, Cape Heart Institute, Cape Town
Dr Emmanuel Rusingiza Kamanzi
Board Member
Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist
University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)
Professor Thor Sundt
Chief of Cardiac Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Director of Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Edward D. Churchill Professor of Surgery, Harvard University
Executive Board
David Kamanda
Chief Operating Officer
Health Economist
Lisa Yacoub
Programme Manager
Manager, Chain of Hope
Director, Bridge of Hope UK
Anathole Ndikubwimana
Senior Accountant
Dr Gavin Wright
Board member (Ex-officio)
Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist
Chairman, Chain of Hope UK
Advisors To The Board
Helena Beshay
Financial Advisor
Zeina Tawakol
Advisor to the Board
Executive Director, Magdi Yacoub
Heart Foundation
Training Board Sub-Committee
Dr Ahmed Afifi MD, FRCS(CTh), FACC
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Head of Cardiac Surgery Department,
Aswan Heart Centre
Senior Lecturer, National Heart Institute – Egypt
Dr Ahmed El Guindy
Consultant Cardiologist
Director of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre
Honorary Senior Lecturer, National Heart & Lung Institute – Imperial College.
Visiting Assistant Professor,
American University of Cairo
Hatem Hosny, FRCS (CTh), FEBCTS (Congenital), FEBCTS (Adult)
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and
Lead of Data Analytics Team,
Aswan Heart Centre
Dr Matthias Angres
Consultant Anaesthetist
Director, Robin Aid
Mr Mahmoud Abdelhay
Director of Nursing
Aswan Heart Centre