Ecobank Ghana has appointed Abena Osei-Poku as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of its Ghanaian operations, effective 1 January 2024, with the role carrying an additional mandate as Regional Executive for Anglophone West Africa.
Ecobank Ghana is a subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the pan-African banking group that operates across 35 African countries.
REGIONAL MANDATE
As Regional Executive, she will have oversight of country operations across the Anglophone cluster, which includes markets such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and The Gambia, in addition to Ghana.
Ghana's banking sector has been navigating a period of recovery following a domestic debt exchange programme that affected financial institutions with significant government securities holdings in 2023.
PREVIOUS ROLE
She joined from Absa Bank Ghana, where she was Managing Director and Chief Executive.
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