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Directors and Management (cont.)
Kofi Adu–Mensah: Chief Executive
Ghana Financial Services Limited.
Kofi has extensive banking and financial services experience in Ghana which culminated in his appointment as CE of Ghana Financial Services, a Bayport Company. Under Kofi’s strong leadership he has played an instrumental part in building Ghana Financial Services into becoming the largest provider of unsecured credit in Ghana.
Martha Akapelwa: Executive Director
Bayport Financial Services Zambia
Martha has over 21 years experience with various leading financial services institutions in Zambia. She was a Relationship Manager with ANZ Grindlays Bank before moving to Citibank where she handled various portfolios and was Head of the Financial Institutions Unit as Resident Vice-President. Her most recent job before moving to Bayport Financial Services was Deputy Managing Director of the African Banking Corporation, a dynamic regional bank, where she served as Board member for ABC Investment Services Limited, a subsidiary of the bank.
Samuel Esson Jonah (KBE): Chairman
Bayport Management Limited
As Chief Executive of Ashanti Goldfields, Sir Sam Jonah supervised the transformation of Ashanti Goldfields into a mining multinational, increased gold production from 240,000 ounces per annum to over 1.6 million ounces in over ten years and overseen the Company's listing as the first operating African company on the New York Stock Exchange. Currently, the Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Mr. Jonah serves on various boards including Lonmin, the Commonwealth African Investment Fund (Comafin), the Advisory Council of UN Secretary General's Global Compact, President Thabo Mbeki's International Investment Advisory Council of South Africa and President Kufuor's Ghana Investors' Advisory Council.
