John Awuah 2024 Speaker

Chief Executive Officer

Ghana Association of Banks (GAB)

Biography

John has a proven executive management track record for over two decades driving corporate growth programmes across various functional areas in the financial services sector. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Association of Banks (GAB). Before joining GAB, he was Managing Partner of Jawuah & Co. Advisors, a financial services consulting firm. John is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and a member of the Institute of chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) with several years post qualification senior management experience. He holds Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Coast and MBA from Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has previously worked with Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank and in prior careers, held senior leadership positions as Finance Director at GCB Bank, Group Chief Finance Officer at Ecobank Capital, Financial Controller at Barclays Bank of Ghana (now ABSA Bank), Chief Finance Officer at UBA Ghana and as Finance Business Partner at Standard Chartered Bank Ghana with industry exposure from Tractor & Equipment Ghana (now Mantrac) and Western Castings Limited.
John has broad knowledge in investment banking and has been part of many landmark deals from his time at Ecobank Capital and as Managing Director of UMB Bank.
He serves on the following Boards and National Committees:
1. Council member, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana
2. Council member, Ghana Association of Banks
3. Board member, Radiance Pharmacy Limited
4. Board member, Legacy Bonds Limited
5. Board member, Hill Bill Company Limited
6. Board member, Liquidity Investments Limited
7. Board member, Jawuah & Co. Advisors
8. Board member, GAB Health Insurance Company Limited
9. Board member, Atlas Commodities Limited
10. Committee member, Cocoa Sector Marketing Committee of COCOBOD
11. Committee member, Domestic Credit Rating Agency Implementation Committee
12. Committee member, Capital Markets Master Plan Implementation Committee
13. Committee member, Venture Capital Trust Fund Investment Committee
14. Technical Committee member, National Clean Energy Access Program (NCEP)
15. Committee member, Payment Systems Advisory Committee – Bank of Ghana
16. Committee member, Ghana Financial Stability Fund Investment Committee