Nana Bediatuo Asante | |
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Office of the President | |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | Ghana |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Nana Bediatuo Asante is a Ghanaian administrator,lawyer and consultant.[ citation needed ] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the Executive Secretary to the former president of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo. [1]
He is married to Oluwafemi Adetola. He entered Prempeh College as a freshman in September 1974.[ citation needed ]
Asante started his legal practice with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton &Garrison,in New York before joining the African Development Bank and Databank as a Consultant and General Counsel respectively. [2] In 2000,he co-founded Faith Brothers Ltd,an investment holding company with Mawuli Ababio in Accra. The company later acquired Citi Savings and Loans Limited,where he served as a Managing Director. The company was subsequently converted into Intercontinental Bank Ghana Limited and was acquired by Access Bank Plc of Nigeria in 2019. [3] [4]
In January 2017 he was appointed the Executive Secretary at the Flagstaff House by President Nana Akuffo-Addo. [5] [6] [7]
In June 2024,he was appointed Ambassador at Large. [8]
While attending the 79th UN General Assembly with the President,Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,he suffered an illness. [9] [10]