Kweku BEDU ADDO

Kweku Bedu Addo is the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana; a position he assumed in 2010.

He joined Standard Chartered in 2000 as a Senior Relationship Manager and became Head, Parastals & Large Domestic Corporates in November, 2001.

In 2004, he was appointed Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking in Zambia, where he also served on the Board.

In 2007 Kweku assumed the role of Director in Standard Chartered Bank’s Wholesale Bank Head Office in Singapore and returned home in 2009 to take up the role of Managing Director of Origination & Client Coverage, West Africa.

He holds a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, USA.

Andrew OKAI

Executive Director, Consumer Banking

• Joined the bank in 1997 and has held diverse roles across a number of divisions of the Bank both locally and internationally including Wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, Global Technology and Operations, and General Management.
  
• Relocated on International assignment to the Group’s largest profit centre – Hong Kong in 2005 involved with strategy and corporate governance in the office of the Chief Executive.
  
• Returned to Africa in 2008 as the Regional Head of Banks, Transaction Banking, based in South Africa bringing leading cash management and trade finance capabilities to major banks across the region

Ahmad Bilal Pirzada

Head, Origination and Client Coverage

• Bilal joined the bank in 1998 looking after the public sector business in Pakistan.
• Prior to SCB, he was with an investment banking firm mainly engaged in privatization advisory where he was involved in certain landmark privatization mandates, particularly on the sell side.
• Whilst at SCB, Bilal has worked across various segments and geographies in MENA last heading the Corporate Relationships team in Bahrain where he was responsible for expanding the corporate origination and coverage business in Bahrain and KSA.
• Bilal joined the Dubai based Regional STF team in January 2007 and has been leading the business through a period of active growth across assigned geographies.
• Bilal holds a MBA degree in Finance and is a CFA charter holder.

Sanjay RUGHANI

Executive Director, Finance & Area CFO – Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia & Cote d’Ivoire

• Joined Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania in 1999 as a Manager, Finance and Business Support and was in 2001 transferred to the Standard Chartered Bank - Africa Region Office, London, UK to take over as Regional Finance Manager, Africa.
• In 2002 Sanjay took up the Head of Finance position for Standard Chartered Bank in Tanzania, and was soon thereafter appointed to the Board as Executive Director, Finance in May 2003.
• In 2005 in addition to his role in Tanzania, Sanjay was also nominated as the Basel II coordinator for Africa Finance.
• In December 2006, Sanjay was appointed as the Area Chief Finance Officer for Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Cote d'Ivoire and soon thereafter has been appointed to the SCB Ghana Board in January 2007.

Mayokun Ajibade

Area Head, Global Markets West Africa

• Until his recent appointment, was the Regional Head of Product Development, Global Markets Africa.
• Joined SCB Nigeria in 2002 as a Money Market Dealer / ALM Manager and rose to be the Head of Trading at SCB Nigeria in 2003.
• Worked with SCB Botswana as the Executive Director, Global Markets and Co-Head Wholesale Bank.
• Before joining SCB, he worked with Kakawa Discount House Limited, the second largest Discount House in Nigeria and a licensed financial services provider
• He holds a BSc (Hons) in Finance from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and is happily married with 2 children.

Dawn Kwesi ZANEY

Area Head, Legal and Company Secretary

• Joined Standard Chartered Bank Ghana in April 1993
• Previously worked with the Ghana Commercial Bank for 7 years
• Barrister at Law and member of the Ghana Bar Association
• Was appointed to the position of Head, Legal and Compliance

Lucy Kimani

Head, Human Resources

• Joined SCB as a Management trainee
• Has been in the Bank for 21 years, having held various positions in HR and Organisation Learning.
• Was the Senior Relationship Manager for Wholesale Banking in Kenya until her recent appointment.
• Well respected as an HR professional across the Group.
• Was part of the pioneer group that set up the two Shared Service Centres in Africa.
• Played a leading role in Mentoring and in the development of the DSR Model in Africa.

Emmanuel MAYAKI

Chief Information Officer, Ghana & Area Head GTO, West Africa

• Worked in various institutions including, KPMG, Citibank Nigeria, Guardian Express Bank, Citigroup Canary Wharf, World Mission Agency and the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he held senior positions in Operations, Technology, Compliance, ALCO, Audit and Business Process Reviews.
• Has over 15 years of diverse experience in Banking, Audit, Consultancy and Project Management

Nana Araba ABBAN

Head of Global Shared Services Center, Accra

• Joined Standard Chartered Bank Ghana in 1999 from the Royal Bank of Scotland with a background in Derivatives Accounting
• Previously headed Global Market Operations (Shared Service Centre West) and Head of Organisational Learning for West Africa
• Until her recent appointment, Nana was the Value Centre General Manager for Unsecured Lending, Ghana, and managed one of the most productive unsecured lending teams in the Africa Region

Nii Okai NUNOO

Area Head, Corporate Affairs West Africa

• Joined SCB Ghana in May 2006 from The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Ltd. where he was the Head of Public Affairs for nearly three years
• Has a total of 14 years experience in corporate communications and has handled brands including Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda
• Has dealt with institutions like DANIDA, USAID, GSMF, Standard Chartered, Shell and Family Health International.
• A member of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana, Nii has responsibility for 5 SCB presence countries (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Cameroon and Sierra Leone) in addition to 4 Non – Presence countries. (i.e. Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mauritania and Congo).

Henry AMOO-DOODO

Senior Credit Officer, West Africa

• Henry Joined the Bank in 1978 and has executive responsibility for risk management in Ghana.
• He has a combined work experience of over 30 years in various facets of the Bank, especially Risk Management and has held similar positions in South Africa