Anti-corruption group, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has elected a new board chairman and vice at its 2022, 4th quarterly Board of Directors meeting on December 22, 2022.

The Board of Directors elected Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Kwabena Ansah as the organisation’s new Board Chair and Dr. Samuel Tetteh Kwashie as the Vice Chair.

Their election was approved during the 11th Annual Membership Meeting (AMM) of GII held on February 3, 2023.

Rev. Dr. Ansah who has been a member of GII’s Board takes over from the immediate past Board Chairperson, Mrs. Elsie Bunyan, who has served on GII’s Board since 2009.

Meanwhile, Dr Kwashie replaces Mr. David Nii Ayi Hammond.

In a press release, GII also said that other persons were nominated to take over various posts on the board following the exit of some members.

The Board approved the nomination of Ms. Nana Ama Inorley Andoh (Lawyer), Ing. Stephen Duodu (Engineer, Accountant, and Lawyer), Mr. Isaac Kwabena Kakpeibe (Administrator, Executive Director of Tim Africa Aid Ghana), and Mr. Henry Kwasi Prempeh Eck (lawyer).

The four were approved by the Board to replace four members who were exiting after serving their full term.

Other members of the Board are Mr. Richard Ntim, Chief Internal Auditor at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo). Mr. Francis Bichnord Komla Asong, a Social Worker and the Executive Director of VOICE Ghana, and Dr. Cynthia Sallah, a Chartered Accountant, Senior Manager, and Head of the Practice Management Unit of KPMG Ghana.

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