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THE BOARD
The Bank is committed to implementing the best practice standards of corporate governance. It is governed under a framework that enables the Board to discharge its oversight functions while providing a strategic direction for the management.
Board Composition
The Board of Directors is made up of Five (5) Non-Executive Directors and the Managing Director. The Board remains independent of management and carries out its functions in an objective and effective manner.
Frank W. K. Beecham III
CHAIRMAN
Mr. Beecham holds an LLB from the University of Ghana and a Professional Qualifying Certificate from the Ghana School of Law. He was appointed as the Board Chairman on November 19, 2013. He is a lawyer by profession, a past National President of the Ghana Bar Association and Partner at Bram-Larbi, Beecham and Co. Mr. Beecham worked at Merchant Bank (Ghana) Limited–now known as Universal Merchant Bank and its subsidiaries in 1977 where he served as General Manager (Corporate Business Development), Company Secretary, Legal Adviser and Registrar. Mr. Beecham was instrumental in setting up several companies by Merchant Bank including Merban Finance and Leasing Company, Universal Company Limited, and Universal Insurance Consultants Limited.
Olumide Olatunji
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr. Olatunji has over two decades of experience in banking, having held various high level positions in both Corporate and Commercial Banking and having worked in various markets across the sub-region. He is recognised as a result-oriented and astute banker after building an enviable career working with reputable banks in the industry.
In his most recent role as the Group Head of Commercial Banking Division in
Access Bank Plc in Lagos, Mr. Olatunji provided strong leadership in building and overseeing key strategic relationships for business success and growth. Prior to joining Access Bank Plc in 2012 and subsequently Access Bank Ghana in 2018, he worked as the Assistant General Manager for Corporate Banking at Skye Bank Plc in Nigeria and later, was appointed as its pioneer Managing Director in Sierra Leone (2006-2011).
He has also served on several boards including Access Bank Rwanda and Access Bank in DRC. Mr. Olatunji is an alumnus of Bangor Business School, Bangor University, Wales and University of Lagos, Nigeria. He holds an MBA from both universities and has gone through several management trainings including Orchestrating Winning Performance from International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Singapore.
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