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Get to know ADB » Board of Directors

Ibrahim ADAM , Chairman
Alhaji Ibrahim Adam holds a B.Sc (Hons) Agric Degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He has attended several short courses on rice production, administration and management. The list includes WARDA (Monrovia), IITA (Ibadan, Nigeria), Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Others are EDI (Maastricht) and Feldafing (Germany). Mr. Adam served in government for several years between 1984 and 2001. He was PNDC Under-Secretary for Agriculture (Northern Region) between 1984 and 1985 before becoming the PNDC Deputy Secretary for Agriculture (Crops). He was promoted to the PNDC Secretary for Agriculture in 1992. At the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1993, he first served as the Minister of Food and Agriculture until 1996 when he was made the Minister of Trade. Mr. Adam is currently the CEO of Brada Ventures and was appointed the Chairman of the Board on 26th June 2009.

Stephen KPORDZIH , Executive Director
Mr. Kpordzih holds an MBA (Finance) from University of Leicester, UK, and a Post-Graduate Certificate-Strategic Bank Management from Odense Business School, Denmark. He has to his record immense banking experience and consultancy assignments with leading banks, including preparation of a paper on Financing Rural Agriculture in Ghana as part of the Government's Compact Programme for accessing the US$547 million Millennium Challenge Account. He also developed feasibility reports for the establishment of non-bank financial institutions. One-time lecturer in Finance of International Trade at the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana, a resource person in Treasury Management at the Ghana Banking College, and an Honoured Member of the International Who's Who of Professionals for his achievements in and contribution to banking, Mr. Kpordzih took office as the Managing Director of the Bank in August 2009.

Paul O. AGYIRI , Executive Director
Mr. Agyiri holds a Bachelor Laws Degree from the University of Ghana, Legon and a Professional Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. He served in the Attorney-General's Department between 1978 and 1984. Between 1984 and 1991, he engaged in private consultancy practice with Maxwell & Maxwell Law Offices, Liberia and took the position of Director of Legal Services of the West African Examinations Council, Head Office. He joined the Bank as Chief Legal Advisor in 1991. Between June 2003 and July 2005, Mr. Agyiri was seconded to the Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning as Chief Director, returning to the Bank to resume his position as Solicitor. He was appointed to his current position of Acting Deputy Managing Director on 1st January 2008.

Nancy Dakwa AMPOFO , Non-Executive Director
A Notary Public, Solicitor and Barrister, Ms. Ampofo graduated from the University of Ghana in 1979 with a B. A. (Combined) Degree in Law (with Political Science). She obtained a Professional Law Qualifying Certificate in 1981 from the Ghana Law School and was called to the Ghana Bar on 20th November 1981. Ms. Ampofo has had a track record and expertise in legal consultancy acquired through undertaking legal work for the public and private sector institutions, as well as individuals and multinationals. Ms. Ampofo founded her own legal firm, N. D. Ampofo Associates in 2000 and has been offering legal consultancy services to both local and international clients in all areas of the law. She was appointed as Director of the Bank in June 2009.

Dr. Samuel K. DAPAAH , Non-Executive Director
Dr. Dapaah has had a long professional experience in Agricultural Policy and Public Administration, Teaching, Research and Management. He graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon with a B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture Degree in June 1972 and proceeded to the University of Guelph, Canada where he graduated with an M.Sc. Agricultural Economics Degree in February 1975 and Ph.D. Agricultural Economics Degree in February 1982. He returned to the University of Ghana, Legon as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and Lecturer at the Department of Economics and Department of Agricultural Economics. Dr. Dapaah served in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, first, as Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation between 1986 and 1992, and as Chief Technical Advisor and Chief Director between 1993 and 2001. A member of the Board between 1993 and 2001, Dr. Dapaah was reappointed as Director in June 2009.

Dr. Johnson P. ASIAMAH , Non-Executive Director
Dr. Asiamah is the Chief Manager, Research Department of the Bank of Ghana. He holds a B.A. (Hons) Degree in Economics with Statistics and an M.Phil. (Economics) issued by the University of Ghana in 1993 and 1996 respectively, and a Ph.D. (Economics) Degree from the University of Southampton, England, United Kingdom in 2005. With a host of publications and conference presentations to his record, Dr. Asiamah was appointed to the Board of the Bank in June 2009.

Esther KUMADO (Mrs) , Non-Executive Director
Mrs Esther Kumado holds a BA (Hons) Degree and a Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) from the University of Ghana, and a Professional Diploma in Law issued by the Ghana Law School. She is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and International Bar Association, as well as being a Member of the Governing Body of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). Mrs Kumado is currently the Head of the Legal Department of Bank of Ghana and represents the Financial Investment Trust (a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana) on the Board.

Major Mahama S. TARA (Rtd) , Non-Executive Director
Major Tara (Rtd), a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) also holds a BSc Administration (Accounting Option) Degree from the University of Ghana. His rich experience in the public sector has included serving as Director of Finance and Administration of the Ghana Tourist Development Company Ltd., Director of Finance of the then Architectural and Engineering Services Corporation, and a Deputy Controller & Accountant-General. At the Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning, Major Tara (Rtd) had previously served at intervals as Director of Budgets and Acting Chief Director. Among his achievements, he headed the Technical Team that re-organized the Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management System within the Government machinery and introduced the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) as the model for Governmental Accounting. He was appointed to the Board in June 2009.

James K. AGBEDOR , Secretary
Mr. Agbedor holds the Bachelor-of-Laws Degree from the University of Ghana and a Professional Law Certificate from the Ghana School of Law. He joined the Bank in 1985 as a Legal Officer and is currently the Solicitor & Head-General Counsel of the Bank. He was appointed Secretary to the Board in 2006.