StanChart boss appointed Ghana Stock Exchange Chairman

quist 13:54 - 27 July 2016

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Mr. Bedu-Addo takes over form Dr. Sam Mensah whose term of office as Chairman of the Exchange ended in July 2016.

Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Kweku Bedu-Addo has been appointed Chairman of the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Mr Bedu-Addo's career has been in Public Policy, International Development, and Banking & Finance, joining the Standard Chartered Bank in the year 2000 and rose through the ranks to become the company’s first Ghanaian CEO in 2010.

Other senior roles he has held include Co-Head, Wholesale Bank in Zambia (2004) and West Africa (excluding Nigeria (2009) and was based in Singapore as a Program Director for a Global Project from 2007 to 2009.

He was a recipient of the prestigious Wholesale Bank Global Star Awards in 2007.

Mr Bedu-Addo's current role was expanded in 2015 to Chief Executive Officer, West Africa Cluster 2, which include Ghana, Gambia and Sierra Leone. He is also on the Africa - Middle East Regional Management Team.

He is Vice President of the Ghana Bankers Association, Advisory Board Chairman for the University of Ghana’s Institute of Applied Sciences, and a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Ghana Business School.