SCB has annocned the appointment of Mr. Kwabena Nifa Aning as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Mr. Sheikh Jobe as an Executive Director on the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited effective December 4, 2019.

MR. KWABENA NIFA ANING joins the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited as a seasoned finance professional with a background in accounting, business planning, projects, and corporate governance. He has over 25 years of international experience having worked with several world class organizations including De Beers, Boart Longear, African Minerals and Bunge Loders and Croklaan where he currently holds a leadership position as Regional Controller, West Africa.

He has worked on several projects delivering business and accounting solutions whilst working across sectors such as exploration and mining, agri business and financial services in the UK, where he worked for over 15 years. He also has extensive experience working in Europe, Asia, North America and many other African countries.

Mr Aning is a management consultant and former CEO, KAMONI Consult where he continues to serve as a director. He previously served as a board member of BLY Sierra Leone.

He holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies from University of Westminster, London and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He enjoys reading, traveling, sports and charitable work.

He is married with 2 children.

SHEIKH JOBE is the Chief Operating Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Ltd, with additional oversight of the West Africa Cluster. Prior to this role, he was the Bank's Chief Information Officer responsible for Ghana and West Africa from November 2015 to March 2019. In this role, he was responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction and support to the Information Technology & Operation teams and maintaining the Bank's operational and technology infrastructure in Ghana and West Africa.

Sheikh has 25 years of extensive banking experience holding senior level positions at Global, Regional and Country levels across banking technology and operations, operational risk management, financial crime risk management, compliance, audit and branch banking. He led the global rollout of the Bank's Advanced Commercial Banking System which is currently being used across the Bank's geographic footprint.

In his current role, he is a member of the Africa and Middle East Operations management team of the Bank.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 1994, Sheikh worked with the Audit Office of The Gambia.

Sheikh is passionate about people and philanthropy and is the Founder and key sponsor of the 'Mboutou' Trust Fund for Education and Development.