Republic Bank Ghana PLC, has appointed Benjamin Dzoboku as the new Managing Director of the bank.

He is succeeding Farid Antar, who retires from the bank.

The Bank of Ghana granted approval to Mr. Dzoboku's appointment on 10th May 2022.

Mr. Antar retires from the bank on 15th July 2022 after over 42 years of exceptional service to the Republic Financial Holdings Group, Trinidad and Tobago, with his last three years spent at Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC.

Mr. Dzoboku’s appointment takes effect on 15th July 2022.

Profile of Benjamin Dzoboku

Benjamin Dzoboku joined Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC (then HFC Bank (Ghana) Ltd) in January 2007 as the Head, Risk Management from SG-SSB, where he started his banking career as an Internal Auditor.

Prior to this, he worked with Pannell Kerr Forster (PKF Ghana) as a Senior Auditor.

He has over the years held several positions of responsibility at Republic Bank including, Head, Internal Audit; Financial Controller; Treasurer and General Manager, Retail Banking with his responsibilities for the retail branch network and the Bank’s International Trade and Treasury operations.

He later moved to the position of General Manager, Finance and Strategy before being designated as the Bank’s Chief Operating Officer responsible for Finance & Strategy, International Trade, Treasury, Administration & Premises, Cash Management, Custody Services, Internal Control, Portfolio Management Office, Centralized Support and also the Bank’s subsidiary, Republic Trust Limited Company.

Mr. Dzoboku has strong academic and professional qualifications underpinning his achievements.

These include being a Chartered Accountant (ICA, Ghana) and memberships of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIT, Ghana); Institute of Financial Accountants (UK) (fellow) and Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE, USA). He holds Master’s Degrees in Business Administration (MBA) (Financial Management) (St. Clements University, UK) and in Public Administration (MPA) (GIMPA, Ghana).

He has also participated in several executive management programmes including the Senior Executive Programme in Leadership (Harvard Business School), Corporate Governance & Compliance and High Performance Management Excellence.