Samuel Sarpong appointed director of the NIB

Company News of Monday, May 27, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-05-27

Samuel Sarpong has been appointed Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB).

Until his appointment, Mr. Sarpong was a senior consultant at OrgResilence Consult Limited.

Sarpong has extensive and diversified work experience and will lead the transformation of NIB to reposition it as one of Ghana's leading banks and a major player in supporting the country's industrialization agenda.

He was part of the team that executed the transformation program of GCB Bank Limited, where he held various positions, including Chief Transformation, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. interim. He worked with GCB from 2008 to 2017

Mr. Sarpong has also worked with various organizations in Canada. He was a policy advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, as well as to the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade from 1990 to 1995 .

In 1996, he joined Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) with senior positions in credit risk management and as director of credit products. In 2005, Mr. Sarpong joined the Consumer Credit business of General Electric Corporation (GE Money) in Canada.

As Senior Director at General Electric, he was Chief Risk Officer for three business units: Credit Cards, Risk Infrastructure, Fraud and Mortgages.

Mr. Sarpong holds a BA from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), MSc. from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and an MBA from Wifrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.