Pearl Nkrumah

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Pearl Nkrumah
Bornc.1980 (age 4142)
NationalityGhanaian
Alma mater
OccupationBanker, Lawyer and Corporate Executive
Years active2004 - present
Known forProfessional competence
Title Executive Director of Access Bank Ghana Plc

Pearl Nkrumah, (born c. 1980), is a Ghanaian businesswoman, lawyer, banker and corporate executive, who is the executive director at Access Bank Ghana Plc, a commercial bank, effective February 2022. She is the first woman to serve in that position, since the commercial bank was founded in 2009. [1] [2]

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Background and education

Nkrumah was born in Ghana in the 1980s. She attended local primary and secondary schools, before being admitted to the University of Ghana, the country's largest and oldest public university. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Her second degree, a Master of Business Administration, was obtained from the same university. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, awarded by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. [1] [3]

Career

She started her banking career circa 2004, as a bank teller at Standard Chartered Ghana. Over the years, she was given more responsibilities, rising through the ranks to assistant branch manager and then to business relationship manager. In 2012, after nearly 9 years at Standard Chartered Ghana, she left and was hired by Stanbic Bank Ghana. [1] [3] [4]

At Stanbic Bank Ghana, Nkrumah continued to rise in rank, from relationship manager in commercial banking to head of new business, to head of SME banking. At the time she left Stanbic, she was the head of main markets, responsible for retail banking, analytics, banking platforms, partnerships and innovation. She is credited for establishing the Youth Banking Desk at Stanbic Bank Ghana, "an innovation to increase youth financial inclusion". [1] [3] [4]

Other considerations

In her position as executive director at Access Bank Ghana, Pearl Nkrumah sits on the board of directors and is a member of the executive management team of that commercial bank. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ghanaian Times (22 February 2022). "Ghana: Access Bank Appoints First Female Executive Director" (via AllAfrica.com). Ghanaian Times . Accra Ghana. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. Patrick Ndungidi (24 February 2022). "Pearl Nkrumah, First Female Executive Director Appointed At Access Bank Ghana". Africanshapers.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Access Bank Ghana (February 2022). "Access Bank Ghana Plc: Board And Management Team: Pearl Nkrumah". Access Bank Ghana Plc . Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 Pearl Nkrumah (27 February 2022). "Pearl Nkrumah: Executive Director, Retail & Digital at Access Bank Ghana Plc" (Self Published). LinkedIn.com . Retrieved 27 February 2022.