The Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) has held a four-day management retreat at the Peninsular Resort and Golf Club in Akosombo, Eastern Region under the theme “Reorganisation and Restructuring – The Resetting Agenda”.

The management retreat was to assess the operations of the bank from its inception and highlight its achievements over the last twelve months.

In addition, it provided a platform to review the structure of departments and units of the bank, their activities in the 2024 financial year as well as deliverables and plans for 2025.

A number of resource persons including the former Minister of Finance and currently Presidential Adviser on the Economy, Seth Emmanuel Terkper, and Treasury Management Expert and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force that set up the GEXIM, Steve William participated in the retreat.

Other resource persons included Kola Ibrahim, a seasoned Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Project Credit Expert and Dr. Abena Asomaning Antwi, a team building coach and sustainability champion. They took their turns to make presentations on the bank’s critical role in making a meaningful contribution to the economic development agenda of the government.    

The Acting Chief Executive of GEXIM, Sylvester Mensah reiterated the commitment of Executive Management to reposition the bank to support projects in agribusiness and  the garment subsector to spearhead the export development and import substitution agenda of the government of Ghana.

Mr. Mensah further highlighted the immediate priorities of the Bank being accelerated export trade, increased food production, support for agribusiness, and generation of growth in job opportunities.

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Business and Banking, Moses Klu Mensah and Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Finance and Administration, Victor Easmon encouraged the staff to embrace the new direction of the bank and entreated them to support projects and initiatives to be introduced by Executive Management.

Sylvester Mensah revealed plans to establish a Guarantee Fund by the Bank to support the activities of the Guarantees Department.