Access Bank Ghana Plc. has appointed its first female Executive Director, Pearl Nkrumah, to lead the bank’s Retail and Digital Operations. Pearl Nkrumah, the newest addition to the nine-member Access Bank Ghana Board, assumed duty early February 2022. Her appointment, said Access Bank, is an affirmation of Access Bank’s commitment to gender equity and its interest in women’s initiatives.
Access Bank Ghana is a full service commercial Bank offering universal banking services to Corporate, Commercial, Retail customers and Financial Institutions across Ghana. Today, Access Bank serves nearly the entire population of Ghana across 52 locations in major cities and commercial centres. The Bank is a member of the Access Bank Group, which has presence across 8 African countries, China, India, Dubai, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.
Pearl Nkrumah is a professional banker with over twenty-three years of experience working for multinational banks with footprints across different continents. This, said Access Bank, will help the bank in achieving retail dominance as part of its strategy to become the world’s most respected African Bank.
Speaking on the new appointment, Managing Director of Access Bank Ghana, Olumide Olatunji expressed optimism about the Bank’s prospects. “Pearl’s appointment is good for our bank! Her rich experience will spur our bank on to achieving retail dominance, a key area of focus to realizing our vision of becoming the world’s most respected African Bank”, he noted.
Leader behind exceptional growth at Stanbic Bank Ghana
Pearl Nkrumah started her banking career at Standard Chartered Bank and rose to occupy senior roles in various institutions, including Head, Enterprise Banking at Stanbic Bank, Ghana. Before joining Access Bank, she was the Head of Main Market and Ecosystems at Stanbic Bank, Ghana. The Main Market and Ecosystems business segment, under her leadership, recorded outstanding growth and contributed to building the blueprint and structure for the Bank’s inclusive and Mass Market business. One of such contributions is the setup of the Youth Banking Desk for Stanbic Bank Ghana, an innovation to increase youth financial inclusion.
Pearl Nkrumah has managed and led diverse portfolios that have contributed significantly to her expertise in Retail Banking, Digital Financial Services, SME and Commercial Business Management, Credit Product Design, Ecosystem Relationship management, Business Function strategies, as well as engagement solutions and delivery models for Retail and businesses. She augments her client-centric approach to solution delivery with a digital-first mindset and a knack for identifying opportunities from data to create relevant partnerships that deliver value beyond banking to customers and partners.
“Beyond-the-Bank” initiatives
Pearl Nkrumah is very passionate about Beyond-the-Bank initiatives that amplify brand and corporate social responsibility with keen interest in the fields of gender equity, empowerment, education, and promotion of entrepreneurship. These are ideals championed by Access Bank Ghana.
Pearl Nkrumah holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Business Administration (Marketing) and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ghana. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
