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REPUBLIC Bank (Ghana) PLC has appointed three new independent non-executive directors to its board.
The three are Prof. Vera Ogeh Lassey Fiador, Jonathan Prince Cann and Joseph Yaw Asumang.
Their appointments follow the retirement of Charles William Zwennes, Paul King Aryene and Ebenezer Tetteh Tagoe from the board having served their regulatory tenure of nine years.
A release issued in Accra yesterday said Prof. Fiador was an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Department of Finance.
She holds a PhD in Finance from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Prof. Fiador has expertise in the areas of Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Gender Diversity, Environmental and Social Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management.
Her extensive service, the release added, also encompasses roles on a number of corporate boards.
Mr Cann, the release said, is an astute management consultant specialising in governance, risk management and compliance (GRC).
He also specialises in organisational and business development including supporting SMEs and other corporates in structuring, restructuring and developing management systems and capacities across industries.
Mr Cann is a Chartered Accountant by profession and holds an MBA in Financial Services from the University of East London (UEL) and a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) from the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana.
The release said Mr Asumang was a technology strategist with close to 30 years of experience in technology advisory to corporate executive management in the pursuit of driving business value through effective technology adoption.
He is a graduate of Manchester University and Cranfield School of Management, both in the UK.
His IT career traversed both advisory and front-line technology management.
Having started his IT career as a Business Solutions Analyst with Safeway Plc in the UK, he later joined Oracle UK as a Senior Consultant before moving to Oracle Africa Operations where he was instrumental in establishing Oracle’s footprint across Sub-Saharan Africa over many years, rising through the ranks to become the Country Director of Oracle Ghana.
Ag Chairman of the board, David Addo-Ashong, congratulated the three new members and said: “Their extensive experience and diverse skill sets will be invaluable as we continue to execute our strategic initiatives and enhance our service delivery to our valued customers.”
He said the bank also extends its heartfelt gratitude to the retiring directors, Mr Zwennes, Mr Aryene and Mr Tetteh Tagoe for their dedicated service and significant contributions, adding that “Their leadership and guidance have been instrumental in the growth and success of Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC.”
