Mr. Kofi Anokye Owusu-Darko has been appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), statement said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mr. Owusu-Darko replaces Mr. Laud A.K. Senanu, the out-going Acting Chief Executive Officer, who joined the Authority in November, 2013.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”qMX7yNLBosRXT8SIUad7Xun76XjVAu39″]A statement issued by the Corporate Affairs Manager of the NPRA said, the appointment which took retrospective effect from June 22, was made by the President.<\/p>\n
Mr. Owusu-Darko is a Chartered Banker, a Chartered Professional Administrator, a licensed Management Consultant, and a Registered Organization Development Practitioner with the International Society for Organization Development.<\/p>\n
He is also a Certified International Professional Manager (IPMA-UK) UK), with an Executive MBA in Information Technology Management from Paris Graduate School of Management, France, ), a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (ACCA-UK), and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Information Technology & Telecommunication from the Glasgow School of Law (University of Strathclyde).<\/p>\n
The statement said, as a qualified OD practitioner and a trained facilitator, Mr Owusu-Darko had conducted organization assessments, leading to diagnosis of culture, team effectiveness and organizational effectiveness, as well as dynamic team-building and strategic planning interventions.<\/p>\n
Mr. Owusu-Darko has also facilitated workshops in advanced negotiations and conflict management.<\/p>\n
He is an examiner in Organization Development & Change with the Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants (CIAMC).<\/p>\n
Mr. Owusu-Darko started his banking career in 1986 with the Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, and also worked with Metropolitan & Allied Bank (now UT Bank), Merchant Bank (now UMB Bank) and The Royal Bank.<\/p>\n
He held various leadership and management positions, which included Branch Manager, Head of Audit & Internal Control, Head of Branch Operations, Manager of Banking Operations, Head of Consumer Banking Operations and Head of Risk Management & Compliance.<\/p>\n
He was a pioneer and very instrumental in setting up The Royal Bank.<\/p>\n
He also established the control systems, policies and structures in setting up 11 branches in the first year of the Bank\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n
Mr. Owusu-Darko loves research and writing, and has published articles in both the Ghanaian Times and Business & Financial Times newspapers on legal issues on the deployment of Information Technology in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Mr Owusu-Darko joins NPRA with rich, transferable professional skills and invaluable expertise, the statement added.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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