Board of Directors

Ebenezer Twum Asante has over fifteen years progressive and diversified experience in leadership as an accomplished Senior Executive and Strategic Leader.

He was appointed Vice President (VP) of Southern & 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. He served as CEO of MTN Rwanda before his appointment as CEO of MTN Ghana. 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, 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 was part of MTN’s Global Advancement Programme (GAP) in 2010. He has also participated in the Executive level and General Management development programmes at the Ashridge Business School (UK), Harvard and Insead (Paris).

Mansa Nettey was appointed Chief Executive on March 1, 2017 as the first 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 financial and capital markets and has contributed significantly to financial markets development including pioneering risk management solutions for Governments.

Prior to being appointed CEO, Mansa was appointed first female Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited in 2013 and in 2015 was appointed a NonExecutive 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 the University of Science and Technology, Ghana and a Master’s in Business Administration from Manchester Business School in the United Kingdom.

Sheikh Jobe was appointed Chief Operations Officer, Ghana & West Africa March 2019.

Sheikh has 22 years of banking experience at global, regional and country level across banking technology and operations, operational risk management, Financial Crime Risk Management, Compliance, Audit and Branch banking. These included positions held as Global Head, Lending Operations and Technology based in Singapore between 2007 and 2012 and Africa Regional CIO based in Nigeria between 2014 and 2015.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 1994, Sheikh worked with National Audit Office of The Gambia.

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.

George Akello is the Chief Risk Offcer 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 Offcer 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.

Angela is a lawyer with a wealth of experience in branch banking having served in many roles, including Branch Manager, within the Retail Segment of the Bank. She joined the Legal and Compliance Department as a Compliance Officer in 2008, transitioning to the role of Legal Counsel for the Corporate and Institutional Clients Segment in 2010. In her role as Company Secretary, Angela is the first female to have held this position in the Bank’s history in Ghana. In April 2015, Angela was appointed Regional Head for Subsidiary Governance, West Africa (excluding Nigeria), with responsibility for providing leadership and support to Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia and Sierra Leone to ensure that the Group’s subsidiary governance standards are fully implemented. Angela is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and an alumni of the 2010 Fortune / US State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Program.

Albert was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2022. He is responsible for providing functional leadership for finance and governance oversight for the Supply Chain and Property functions.

Albert joined Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC in 2006 and has held various senior roles including: Head, Wholesale Banking Business Finance, Ghana; Financial Controller and Chief Financial Offi cer for Standard Chartered Bank Angola S.A. He was an Executive Director of the Bank in Angola and acted as CEO for nearly a year. Until his recent appointment, 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.

Albert is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana; a CFA Charter holder, holds an MBA from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Administration (Accounting) from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Subhradeep (Monty) is the Regional CFO of Standard Chartered Bank for AME, a role he has held since 2020, and has played a key role in the ongoing transformation across the region.

Monty has over 21 years of diverse international experience with various financial institutions across Asia, USA, Africa and Middle East, with responsibilities spanning finance, strategy, risk, corporate development & business transformation.

Monty joined SCB in 2014 and was appointed as the Global CFO of Retail Banking in 2015. He also worked in SCB India as the Country CFO between 2017 and 2020, before taking on the current role.

Monty has been recognized by AsiaOne as “One of Asia’s top CFOs’ in 2017 and by CFO Power List as an “Icon for Building Finance Organization” in 2019.

Before SCB, Monty worked with JP Morgan in Asia, and with American Express in USA & Asia.

Monty is an Indian National and is based in Dubai. He is married with two children. He holds an MBA in Strategy & Finance from IIM-Ahmedabad, India and an engineering degree from IIT-Chennai, India.

Naa Adorkor Codjoe has over 24 years professional working experience, 22 years of which is post qualification experience as a chartered accountant. She has background and expertise in external audit, accounting, corporate governance, risk management and business advisory.

She holds a Master of Science degree in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) from the Columbia University, New York and an International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management, UK. She is also a proud alumnus of both the University of Ghana Business School and the China Europe International Business School where she obtained her bachelor’s and Executive MBA degrees respectively.

Naa Adorkor worked in both the Ghana and the London offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 10 years. She also worked as a Risk Specialist with The Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland. She also has extensive work and study experience from the United States of America, South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Benin.

Naa Adorkor currently consults in governance and enterprise risk management – including championing the rollout of ERM in organizations, designing business continuity plans, risk registers, risk frameworks & policies, delivering bespoke ERM training courses and providing support and capacity building for senior management and board members in risk management.

Xorse Augustine Godzi is currently the Head of Client Coverage, Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking (CCIB) of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC (SCB Ghana) and oversees Client Coverage for West Africa excluding Nigeria. He has diverse and extensive experience in corporate and institutional banking across multiple geographies in Europe and Africa spanning over twenty (20) years.

Xorse joined SCB Ghana in 2002 and has worked in various roles across the Standard Chartered Bank Group. He worked in Standard Chartered London between 2006 and 2010 as Director, Global Corporates. Between 2010 and 2013, he was the Head of the Commodities Traders and Agribusiness and International Corporates segments in SCB Ghana.

From 2013 through 2016, Xorse relocated to Standard Chartered Bank South Africa where he was Head, Commodities Traders and Agribusiness for Africa.   From 2017, he served as the Head of International Corporates & Financial Institutions businesses and Head Commercial Banking in SCB Ghana until 2020 when the Bank merged its Global Banking and Commercial Banking businesses into Client Coverage, CCIB.

Xorse has in-depth knowledge of key industry sectors in Africa spanning across mining, energy, manufacturing, agriculture, financial services, real estate amongst others. He is experienced in providing sustainable solutions to clients and managing client relationships across multinational, regional, local, and public sector client segments.

Xorse holds a BSc. Administration (Accounting) degree from the University of Ghana, Legon and is an affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Xorse is passionate about giving back to society and is a member of the Rotary Club of Accra Sunrise which supports special needs education and maternal health delivery amongst others.