{"id":413229,"date":"2018-03-26T05:35:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T05:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=413229"},"modified":"2018-03-25T21:09:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T21:09:56","slug":"bog-enforces-separation-powers-new-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/bog-enforces-separation-powers-new-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"BoG enforces separation of powers with new directive"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cNo one individual shall have unfettered powers of decision in any regulated financial institution.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a result, no one person shall assume two top positions in any regulated financial institution.<\/p>\n
These are but a few of the strong words contained in the Bank of Ghana\u2019s new banking business – corporate governance directive.<\/p>\n
The document comes barely a week after the central bank announced yet another major decision involving the take over of Unibank by the Bank of Ghana, over corporate governance issues.<\/p>\n
According to the Bank of Ghana, the directive is in fulfillment of Section 92(1) of the Banks & Specialised Deposit Taking Institutions Act , 2016 (Act 930).<\/p>\n
Among others, the corporate governance directives seeks that the regulated financial institutions adopt sound corporate governance principles and best practices, promote and maintain public trust and confidence in regulated financial institution as well as minimize the possibility of regulated financial institution failures.<\/p>\n
A major highlight of the corporate governance directive is the central bank\u2019s stance on separation of powers.<\/p>\n
Section 32 and 33 of the directives outlines the mode of selection and occupancy of the MD\/CEO as well as Board Chairman as,<\/p>\n
In addition, the tenure of the Managing Director\/CEO of a regulated financial institution shall be a maximum of twelve years.<\/p>\n
This could be split into three terms not exceeding four (4) years per term.<\/p>\n
Directors on the other hand, shall have a maximum tenure of three (3) terms of three (3) years per term.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a Board of any financial institution shall have two (2) board subcommittees, namely: an Audit Committee and a Risk Committee both of which shall be chaired by independent directors.<\/p>\n
The Audit Committee shall have oversight of the regulated financial institution\u2018s internal and external audit functions.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the risk committee shall be responsible for advising the board on the financial institution\u2018s overall current and future risk tolerance\/appetite and strategy of the regulated financial institution for various risks including Anti money laundering or CFT risk and for overseeing senior management\u2018s implementation of the risk strategy.<\/p>\n
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By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cNo one individual shall have unfettered powers of decision in any regulated financial institution.\u201d As a result, no one person shall assume two top positions in any regulated financial institution. These are but a few of the strong words contained in the Bank of Ghana\u2019s new banking business – corporate governance directive. The document comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":411471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[121,32,171,11],"tags":[1144,18226,2002],"yoast_head":"\n