NANA AMA POKU

DEPUTY MANAGING-DIRECTOR CORPORATE RESOURCES

With a unique blend of across division/department oversight in Development Finance, Policy Banking and Commercial Banking, Nana Ama is a seasoned leader adept at corporate strategy execution at the C-Suite level.

 

A firm believer in private sector growth, she has extensive insight in end-to-end financing support for agriculture production, agro processing, import substitution and export trade as boosters for economic growth.

 

With a career spanning over two decades, she has a background in Risk Management,Banking Operations, SME and Corporate Banking, support for non-bank financial institutions as well as oversight of core support functions including Corporate Communications, Administration, Customer Experience and Product Development.

 

Nana Ama has over the years had extensive corporate governance and structured training from agencies the world over to augment hands-on experience.

Played a pivotal role in the operationalization of the Ghana Export-Import Bank (EXIM) as its pioneer Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Banking).

 

She is Member, Trade Finance Technical Working Group (Ghana) for the operationalisation of the Africa Free trade Continental Area (AfCFTA).

 

She holds an

- Executive MBA (Entrepreneurial Management) from the University of Ghana Business School,Legon,

- MA (Marketing Communications) from the  University of Westminster Business School, UK

- BA (Social Sciences) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

 

She is a:

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing - UK (FCIM) and

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (FCIMG)

 

Nana Ama is the recipient of several awards and honours including Ghana Women of Excellence Award, Global Leadership Excellence Award, Outstanding Woman in Finance Award, and is the Global Chair (Exports and Credit) at the Women Economic Forum (WEF).