Atta Yeboah Gyan
FIDELITY BANK Ghana has announced the appointment of Atta Yeboah Gyan as its Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations and Support functions.
Atta Gyan is a hands-on executive and ascends to this new role with a wealth of experience in several aspects of banking, including Finance, Corporate Strategy, Risk Management, Operations, Audit and Control, and Regulatory Compliance.
He has played various roles in the banking sector for over twenty years, fifteen of which have been spent at Fidelity Bank.
Prior to this recent appointment, Atta Yeboah Gyan served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank.
Commenting on the appointment, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Julian Opuni, stated that, “Atta Yeboah Gyan brings on board a wide range of skills, several years of banking experience, and a results-oriented leadership approach that the bank can harness to enhance the quality of service we deliver to all stakeholders.”
On his part, Mr Yeboah Gyan expressed gratitude to the management and board for the confidence reposed in him.
“I deem it a great privilege to be appointed as Deputy Managing Director of this great institution. I am humbled by the trust reposed in me by the Board and the Managing Director and I remain grateful to them for their unfailing support over the years,” he asserted.
He joined Fidelity Bank in 2007 and has since held many senior roles in the bank. Prior to that, he had commenced his banking career at SG-SSB Ltd (now Société Générale Ghana) as an Inspector after a stint at Ghana Airways. At SG-SSB, he was a key member of the task force of Operations and Control staff that led the bank’s transition from a locally controlled bank to a foreign-owned entity. Before he joined Fidelity Bank Ghana, he served as Finance Manager for Joy FM where he set up the finance function at the station, coordinated the station’s strategy and budget, and had oversight responsibility for credit control and client service.
Atta is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) and a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), USA, a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana.
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