The Board of Directors of The Royal Bank Limited, a wholly Ghanaian owned universal bank, has appointed Mr. Osei Asafo-Adjei as its new Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer with effect from 16th January, 2017.<\/p>\n
He takes over from Mr. Robert Kow Bentil who retired from the Bank on 31st August, 2016.<\/p>\n
Mr. Osei Asafo-Adjei was until 30th June 2016, Executive Director, Corporate Banking Division of HFC Bank Ltd.<\/p>\n
He previously worked in senior management positions with The Trust Bank as General Manager, Business Development, Head Corporate Banking and Head, Corporate and Commercial Banking between January 2004 and May 2012.<\/p>\n
He started his banking career as a Credit Officer with Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) in July 1993.<\/p>\n
He has attended several courses, seminars and Executive Development Programmes on Global Trade Finance, Corporate Finance, Trade & Investment, and Customer Care Relations in Portugal, South Africa, Turkey, Belgium among others.<\/p>\n
Mr. Asafo-Adjei holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, a Diploma in Development Studies from University of Cambridge, England and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana.<\/p>\n
In another development, the Board of Directors of the Bank have also appointed Mr. Lawrence Newton Adu-Mante as the Acting Chairman of the Board with effect from 1st December, 2016.<\/p>\n
He takes over from Dr. Kofi Koduah Sarpong, who resigned from the Bank with effect from 30th November, 2016. Mr. Adu-Mante is a Banker with over thirty seven (37) years experience.<\/p>\n
He worked in various Executive Management positions with the Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) including the position of Managing Director.<\/p>\n
Mr. Adu-Mante holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Economics from the University of Ghana and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Finance and Strategic Management from the Cardiff Business School, University of Wales.<\/p>\n
He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB) Ghana.
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