Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) PLC has announced the appointment of Mr. Albert Larweh Asante as an Executive Director.
Mr Asante has 16+ years of experience in the banking industry. He is a Finance and Accounting professional and is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC.
Mr Asante joined Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Ltd in 2006 and has held various senior roles including Head, Wholesale Banking Business Finance, Ghana, Financial Controller and Chief Financial Officer for Standard Chartered Bank, Angola S.A. He also served as an Executive Director of the Bank while in Angola.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer for Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC, he was the Cluster Head of Finance for Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking, West Africa with oversight responsibility for Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Sierra Leone.
Mr Asante is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana; a CFA Charterholder, holds an MBA from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science in Administration (Accounting option) from the University of Ghana, Legon.
He brings a wealth of experience in Strategy, Financial Planning and Analysis, Leadership and Enterprise Risk Management.
Appointment of Chairman of Board of Directors
Meanwhile, in a separate announcement, Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC also appointed Ebenezer Twum Asante as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Dr. Emmanuel Oteng Kumah who retired from the Board later last year.
Mr Twum Asante joined the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC in May 2019 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He served as a member of the Board’s Risk and Audit Committees and was until recently the Chair of the Board’s Cyber Security Committee.
Speaking on behalf of the Board, Judge Professor (Mrs) Akua Kuenyehia congratulated Ebenezer on his appointment while expressing her happiness.
“we are delighted to have Ebenezer as our new Chairman, and we look forward to continue working with him to build on the Bank’s governance standards and deliver long term sustainable value to all our shareholders. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Dr. Kumah for his dedication, commitment, and contribution to Standard Chartered over the last nine years. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours.”
Akua Kuenyehia
Mrs. Mansa Nettey, the Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC, said, “Ebenezer is a proven and dynamic leader with extensive experience and deep knowledge of our market and the financial landscape. His appointment is at a significant time and I’m delighted that we will work together to deliver on the Bank’s strategic ambitions”.
Ebenezer has significant General Management & Corporate leadership experience across FMCG, Fintech and Mobile Telecommunications sectors. He is currently MTN Group’s Senior Vice President (SVP) for Markets, with overall executive responsibilities of the three regions of MTN Group i.e., West and Central Africa (WECA), Southern and East Africa (SEA) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Prior to assuming that role, he was Vice President respectively for SEAGHA and WECA regions after serving as CEOs of MTN Ghana and Rwanda.
Ebenezer joined MTN Ghana as a Sales & Distribution Executive after moving from Unilever where he worked for 13 years in various capacities from Graduate trainee all the way to becoming Managing Director of Zambia, Customer Development Director, and member of the Unilever Ghana Board of directors. Ebenezer serves as a Non- Executive Director on the boards of MTN Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Cameroon.
Commenting on his appointment, Ebenezer said it is an honour to serve as Board Chair of Standard Chartered in Ghana – a great organisation with rich heritage and legacy. “My focus will be to continue to work with the Board, Management and Staff to build on the Bank’s dynamic role in Ghana, whilst taking advantage of technology in pursuing the Bank’s objectives in sustainable and ethical financing. That will be a firm way to deliver on our commitments to all our stakeholders”.
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