Mansa Nettey is a Ghanaian banking executive. She is the first female chief executive officer appointed by the

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. In 2017, She took over from Mr. Kweku Bedu-Addo who had a new role outside Ghana. The release quoted Bola Adesola as saying that: "I am delighted to welcome Mansa as the first female CEO for Standard Chartered Bank in Ghana. Her breadth of knowledge and deep insights of the market will further drive the growth of the Ghana business. I would like to thank Kweku for his leadership of the Ghana business over the last six years and wish him well in his new role". As part of her work, She will be reporting directly to Bola Adesola CEO, Nigeria and West Africa. She had her secondary school education at

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before enrolling for an undergraduate degree at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she came out as a pharmacist and her master's degree at the Manchester Business School Mrs. Nettey has over 20 years experience in the banking sector and she has held various senior roles in corporate and institutional banking. She is on the board of directors at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited and on the Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited board as an executive director. She is the founder of the Leukemia Project Foundation in Ghana. It was set up after she battled with leukemia for some years.

Education

Mansa Nettey is an alumna of

and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she graduated with a first degree in Pharmacy in 1995 . In 1998, she received her MBA from the Manchester Business School.

Career

She started her banking career as the relationship manager of

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. She was the former head of foreign exchange sales in

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and across West Africa She was also the head of the financial markets in Ghana She is the executive director of the board of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana and a non-executive director of the board of Standard Chartered Bank of Nigeria. In 2017, she was appointed the chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank, and that is her current role. She is also the current president of the Ghana Association of Bankers.

Awards and achievement

Mrs. Nettey led a sales team in developing the financial market in Ghana After battling with leukemia for some years, Mansa Nettey founded the Leukemia Project Foundation in Ghana. She was recognized as one of the top 100 women CEOs in Africa promoting the UN SDG goals in 2019.

Personal life

Mrs. Nettey is married with a daughter.

References

Living people 21st-century Ghanaian businesswomen 21st-century Ghanaian businesspeople Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni Alumni of the Manchester Business School Year of birth missing (living people) Ghanaian bankers Alumni of Achimota School {{Ghana-bio-stub