The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Bankers Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah is set to retire from GAB this year.

The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) has therefore appointed John Awuah as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Awuah will take over from the current Chief Executive Officer, D.K. Mensah when the latter retires later in the year.

Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah has been in the banking industry since 1985. He previously worked as an Educationist, during which period he taught at the various levels of the educational structure (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels).

D.K. Mensah was employed as a Research Economist by the National Investment Bank in 1985. As an Economist with a Development Bank, his duties included the conduct of sectorial studies for investment planning in both the private and public sector financing.

In 1990, he was drafted to be part of a Team that effectively introduced corporate banking services and transformed commercial banking activities of the National Investment Bank. He was also the Liaison Officer for the Centre for the Development of Industry – an EU/ACP industrial promotion wing for the North-South co-operation.

In July 1993, he was appointed as the Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Bankers, a position he has occupied till date. 

As the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Bankers, he is responsible for the day to day management of the Association’s Secretariat and is the liaison between all licensed banks and all other external institutions including the West African Bankers Association, Government and the Bank of Ghana. 

He has over the years initiated thought leadership activities to support efforts of the banking industry in shaping Ghana’s economy.

D.K. Mensah has wide boardroom experience, among others:

1.       President, West African Bankers Association – 1995 – 1997

2.      Trustee, Financial Investment Trust - Resigned

3.      Director, Eximguaranty Company Limited -Resigned

4.      Chairman, Board of Directors, West African Interbank Payments Systems (WAIPS) of West African Bankers Association.

5.      Member, Ghana Health Service Council -Resigned

6.      Member, Ghana Urban Transport Advisory Committee -Resigned

7.      Trustee, Venture Capital Trust Fund. -Resigned

8.      Director, National Investment Bank Limited -Resigned

9.      Director, Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited

His Research Papers Include:

1. Energy Demand – The Economies of Establishing Charcoal Briquette Plants in Ghana.

2. An Agro-Industrial Study: The Oil Palm Industry of Ghana (Published by the National Investment Bank)

3. A survey of the Shea nut Industry in Northern Ghana (This study was carried out for the Centre for the Development Industry of the European Union for the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana which at the time was looking for funding to improve the technology for the extraction of shea butter from the shea nut for export).

4. Developing the Infrastructure (Soft and Hard) For a Credible Trade Settlement System to Support intra-ECOWAS Trade (Paper presented at African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK)/ West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) Seminar).

On “Obstacles to Intra-Regional Trade in West Africa – The challenge of Non-Tariff Barrier and Poor Trade Settlement System”) May 2010

Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah holds a B.A (Hons) degree in Economics with Political Science from the University of Ghana, an MSc (Econs) degree in International Trade and Finance from the University of Ibadan and an MBA degree from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana. He is also a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB).