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BOARD EFFECTIVENESS REVIEW
The Board conducts an Annual Evaluation of its own performance, that of its Committee, the Chairman and individual directors.
To effectively perform its oversight function and monitor management’s performance, the Board meets at least once every quarter, with two additional meetings to focus on long-range strategies of the Bank. Every Director is required to attend all board meetings. Such attendance is a criteria for the re-nomination of a director except when there are cogent reasons which the Board must notify the shareholders of at the annual general meeting.
In 2019, attendance by directors at the meetings of the Board and its committees are as stated below:
Board Members
Board
Audit
Risk
Governance
Credit & Finance
Frank W. K. Beecham III
6/6
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Abena Amoah
6/6
5/5
3/3
4/4
5/5
Ernest Mintah
4/6
3/5
3/4
N/A
3/5
Dela Selormey
6/6
5/5
4/4
4/4
5/5
Dolapo Ogundimu
6/6
5/5
4/4
4/4
5/5
Olumide Olatunji
6/6
N/A
3/4
4/4
5/5
DIRECTORS ANNUAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CERTIFICATION, 2019
The Board has independently assessed and documented the corporate governance process of the Bank and can certi y that it is effective and has success ully achieved its o ectives. he Board o Directors are aware o their responsibilities to the Bank as persons charged with governance.
Of the six (6) directors of the Bank four (4) fully completed the Modules (1-4) of the Annual Corporate Governance Certification or Ban s or 2019 and were declared certified with two 2 havin one module each outstanding.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
To strengthen its corporate governance, the Board has in place the Audit, Governance & Remunera- tion, Credit & Credit & Finance, Risk Management and Cyber Information Security Risk Management Committees.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is made up of Four (4) Non-Executive Directors. It is chaired by Mr. Ernest Mintah and has Ms. Abena Amoah, Mr. Dela Selormey, and Mr. Dolapo Ogundimu as members.
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The Audit Committee assists the Board in ulfillin its oversight responsibility relating to; the integrity of the Bank’s financial statements and the financial- reporting process; the independence and performance of the Bank’s internal and external auditors; and the Bank’s system of internal control
the Bank’s accounting and operating procedures.
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