Bayport appoints new Managing Director
Bayport Savings and Loans, one of the companies that have listed debt instruments on the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) of the Ghana Stock Exchange, has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director to steer the affairs of the company. This follows the approval of Nii Amankra Kwashie Tetteh’s appointment by the central bank last month.
“I am confident Nii will lead us to more successes as we continue to build a Bigger and BetterBayport” says Mr. Kwame Pianim, chairman of Bayport’s board of directors. Nii Amankra Kwashie Tetteh replaces Mr. Kofi Adu-Mensah who is leaving the company after 13 years of dedicated service.
Nii Amankra Kwashie Tetteh joins Bayport from Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd, where he was Director, Retail & Business Banking. Nii Amankra started his banking career at Standard Chartered Bank in August of 2001. In February 2006, following his passion for SME Banking, He joined Barclays Bank as a Business Development Manager. Nii Amankra then joined the Barclays Retail Banking Business in 2009 and was confirmed as Head of Retail Distribution in 2010 a key member of the team that turned the Barclays Retail Business around, building it into Ghana’s leading Retail Banking Business. In August of 2014, Nii Amankra joined the Regional Office of the Retail Banking Business for Barclays Africa Group Limited as Head for Branch Optimization covering Barclays Africa’s 12 Markets outside of South Africa. Nii Amankra returned to Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited, in September of 2016 as Director, Retail & Business Banking a role he held until assuming the managing directorship of Bayport. Savings and Loans limited.
Nii Amankra is an Alumnus of China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, University of Leicester, UK, the University of Ghana, Legon and an old student of Mfantsipim School. He is married and has three children.
About Bayport
Bayport Savings and Loans is a member of the Bayport Group of Companies of which Bayport Management Limited is the holding company. Bayport Group subsidiaries operate in nine countries, namely Botswana, Colombia, Ghana, Mozambique, Mexico, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The group of companies provides financial solutions to formally and informally employed individual in emerging markets who are unable to access traditional banking services. Initially only an unsecured personal loans business, in recent years the company has branched out into insurance, deposit taking and savings products.
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