Afua Kyei is a British financial executive and has been the chief financial officer (CFO) of the Bank of England since 2019. [1] [2] She was formerly the Finance Director at Barclays Bank LLC. [1] In January 2023, Kyei was listed among the 100 most reputable Africans. [3] Kyei was included as one of the most influential black people in the UK on the 2024 Powerlist . [4] [5]
In 2023, she was elected as Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. [6]
Kyei earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Somerville College, Oxford. [2] She then became a junior researcher in organic chemistry at Princeton University. [2]