Dr. Emmanuel Oteng Kumah

Chairman, effective Jul 01, 2018

Dr. Kumah was appointed to the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Ltd in October 2013. He is an International Economic Consultant and Advisor, and has served in several high profile roles including 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. Dr. Kumah has lectured at many institutions and written many articles on International Finance and Banking. He is currently Chairman of KEDSS Consulting, an economic and financial consulting company. He is a member of the Board Audit Committee and Chairman of the Board Risk Committee.

Mansa Nettey

Chief Executive Officer

Mansa Nettey was appointed Chief Executive on March 1, 2017 as the fi rst female CEO in the Bank’s 120 year history in Ghana. Mrs. Nettey has more than 20 years of experience in banking, having held various senior roles in Corporate and Institutional Banking in Standard Chartered including managing across the West Africa sub-region. Mansa has extensive experience in fi nancial and capital markets and has contributed signifi cantly to fi nancial markets development including pioneering risk management solutions for Governments. Prior to being appointed CEO, Mansa was appointed fi rst female Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited in 2013 and in 2015 was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited. Mansa is passionate about the youth and advocates for developing the next generation of leaders. Mansa holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and a Masters in Business Administration from Manchester Business School in the United Kingdom.

Angela Naa Sakua Okai

Board Secretary

Appointed by the Board on 1 April, 2014. She has served in various roles in the Bank including Branch Manager, Country Compliance office and Legal Counsel for Wholesale Banking.

Kweku Nimfah-Essuman

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Kweku Nimfah-Essuman joined the bank in 2005 and has held senior roles spanning Regulatory Reporting, Controls, Financial Controller and was most recently appointed the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. In his previous role, he provided leadership and played a critical role in the delivery of financial controls and maintenance of high standards in financial and regulatory reporting in addition to tax risk management. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Mr. Nimfah-Essuman worked with the Banking Supervision Department of the Bank of Ghana as a bank examiner, where he led teams to review and examine most of the banks in Ghana. He also worked as auditor with Deloitte and Touch?, Ghana. Mr. Kweku Nimfah-Essuman has over eighteen years of experience in finance, accounting and auditing and is a member of the Institute of chartered Accountants, Ghana. He holds an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Ghana Business School.

Mr. Ebenezer Twum Asante

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ebenezer Twum Asante has over fifteen years progressive and diversified experience in leadership as an accomplished Senior Executive and a Strategic Leader. He was appointed Vice President (VP) of Southern and East Africa and Ghana (SEAGHA) Region of the MTN Group in October 2017. He has oversight over nine (9) countries namely: Swaziland, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Ghana. As part of his duties as Vice President, he serves as a member on the MTN Group Executive Committee and Board representations for applicable MTN Group entities Prior to his appointment as VP of the SEAGHA Region, he was the CEO of MTN Ghana, a position he held from July 2015 to September 2017. Before his appointment as CEO of MTN Ghana, he was the CEO of MTN Rwanda. For both operations, he was responsible for providing sound human resource leadership and ensuring financial and organizational profitability and sustainability of the operating units. Before joining MTN Ghana, he spent 13 years with Unilever, where he held various positions, including Managing Director for Zambia and Customer Development Director and member of the Unilever Ghana Board. He holds a BA (Hons) degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Henley Management College and he was part of MTN’s Global Advancement Programme (GAP) in 2010. He also participated in the Executive level and General Management development programs at the Ashridge Business School (UK), Harvard and Insead (Paris).

Harriet-Ann Omobolanle Adesola

Non-Executive Director

Bola Adesola is the Senior Vice-Chairman, Africa at Standard Chartered Bank, where she supports the execution of the Group’s strategic intent within the Africa region, including representing the bank on various boards in Africa; as well as leading as a Senior Banker on key relationships and transactions. She joined the SCB Group in 2011 as Managing Director and Chief Executive Offi cer of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, leading the business by providing overall strategic direction. Prior to joining the bank, she was an Executive Director at First Bank of Nigeria Plc and prior to that Managing Director of Kakawa Discount House, Nigeria, where she drove record business performance. She also worked in Citibank for 9 years in senior leadership roles in Nigeria and Tanzania. Bola Adesola has about 30 years banking experience and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and Lagos Business School. She holds a Law degree from the University of Buckingham, UK and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. Bola is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria. She has previously sat on the Boards of the Financial Markets Dealers Association and Nigeria Interbank Settlement Systems Ltd, having served in various capacities in developing the Nigerian Money Market, the Interbank Settlement Systems and the Discount House subsector over the years. Bola also chairs the Central Bank of Nigeria Bankers’ Sub- Committee on Economic Development, Sustainability and Gender and is the immediate past President of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA). Bola Adesola was appointed to the United Nations Global Compact Board by the UN Secretary General in June 2015 and as Co Vice-Chair of the Board in February 2018.

Judge Professor (Mrs) Akua Kuenyehia

Independent Non-Executive Director

Her Excellency Judge Professor (Mrs) Akua Kuenyehia retired in March 2015 from the International Criminal Court at The Hague (the ICC) after serving the maximum possible term of twelve years. She was elected an inaugural judge of the ICC at the inception of the court in 2003 serving as a judge and First Vice President from 2003 to 2009 and then as a judge of the Appeals Division of the Court from 2009 to March 2015. Prior to the ICC, Her Excellency was in academia. She joined the law faculty of University Of Ghana in 1972 and rose to become a Professor of Law. She was the fi rst female to be employed by the Faculty, the fi rst female Professor of Law and the fi rst female Dean of the Faculty of Law. She has also been a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Temple University, Northwestern University, USA and Imo State University, Nigeria. She is an honorary fellow of Somerville College Oxford, her alma mater, and the life patron of the Akua Kuenyehia Foundation. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the Order of the Star of Ghana (the highest award conferred by the Government of the Republic of Ghana on an individual). She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Ghana and a Bachelor of Civil Laws (BCL) degree from the University of Oxford. She has published widely in leading academic journals, written or edited books and book chapters and delivered over a hundred research papers. Together with Professor Cynthia Bowman of Cornell University she authored “Women and Law in Sub Saharan Africa”. Committees: Member, Board Audit Committee, Chair, Board Risk Committee

Mr. Kwabena Nifa Aning

Independent Non-Executive Director

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.

Mr. Sheikh Jobe

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director

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.

George Akello

Non-Executive Director, effective October 29, 2020

MR. GEORGE AKELLO is the Chief Risk Officer for Standard Chartered Bank with risk oversight responsibilities for the Standard Chartered subsidiaries in East Africa. In this role he is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Bank’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework and associated policies in Kenya and across the East Africa Cluster. He is also the Regional Credit Officer for Africa, Middle East and Pakistan (including Jersey and Falklands). George has over 20 years of experience working primarily in Senior Audit and Credit and Risk roles within Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, and East Africa. He holds a BSc. in Statistics and Computer Science from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Kenya. He is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania.