Ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, the National Investment Bank (NIB) celebrates eight dynamic female leaders within the organisation, who have played significant roles in the company’s growth since the break of Covid-19.
In a release dated March 3, 2021, the bank noted that the contributions of such women in the financial sector of the country’s economy are immense and need to be recognised.
“In the corporate and business sectors such as banking, the invaluable role of women in leadership and its impact on the positive transformations witnessed within the sector and its ripple effect on the national development over the past few years cannot be overlooked,” the statement said.
The women who are being celebrated in respect of this are Ms Ama B. Ghartey, General Manager, Treasury and Investment; Mrs Angela Okae, Head, Human Resource Department and Mrs Bernadette Addo-Dankwa, Head, SME.
Others are Mrs Mary Owusu-Brefo, Head, Customer Services; Ms Joycelyn Ashidam, Ag. Board Secretary and Ms Gloria Adotey, Project Management Officer
The rest are Mrs Grace F. Adu-Okyere, Head, E-Banking and Ms Marian Touré, Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications.
Ms Toure fills her role as the bank’s first female to occupy the newly created department tasked with improving the bank’s brand equity, according to the statement issued by the bank.
According to the Managing Director of the bank, Samuel Sarpong, the eight staff have been instrumental in the company’s growth.
He said: “We recognize the contributions of these professional staff to the transformation of the bank despite the challenges posed by Covid-19 to our operations.”
“They have excelled in their various roles and we celebrate their achievements. NIB is committed to creating an organization that provides opportunity for all our staff to excel,” he added.
Deputy Managing Director, Mr Tweneboah Kodua Fokuo, applauded the women for their “unflinching strife for excellence,” adding that “the NIB is poised to support every woman in the bank who exhibits the requisite leadership qualities, to enable them take up leadership positions in the bank.”
Mr. Tweneboah, on his own behalf and that of the Management’s and Board’s, wished the women of NIB and by extension all the bank’s female customers and stakeholders a very special International Women’s Day 2021.
About Internation Women’s Day
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.
IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific.
