Emmanuel Oteng Kumah appointed Board Chair of StanChart Ghana

Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Dr Emmanuel Oteng Kumah as its new Board Chairman effective July 1, 2018.

This was announced when the Bank took its turn at ‘the fact behind the figures’ series at the Ghana Stock Exchange.

“We have here Dr Oteng Kumah to take over as board chairman after Dr Ishmael Yamson retires,” Kweku Nimfa, Chief Financial Officer of the bank said

He takes over from Dr Ishmael Yamson who retired recently from the board after serving as its Chair since 2005.
Dr Oteng Kumah has been a board member of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana since 2013. He was also the Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee of the board.

He is an International Economic Consultant and former advisor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he served for 25 years as Division Chief, IMF Resident Representative in Djibouti and Deputy Division Chief at the Balance of Payments and External Debt Division.

During 1993-1994, he was Coordinator and Advisor of the Research Department of the Bank of Ghana. He also served as Senior Advisor, Bank of Ghana from 1997 to 1999, where he provided key macroeconomic advice to the Government of Ghana.

Source: Ghana | Ebenezer Sabutey | JoyBusiness

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