Samuel Sarpong, MD, NIB
Samuel Sarpong has been appointed as Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB).
Until his appointment, Mr. Sarpong was the Managing Consultant at OrgResilence Consult Limited.
Mr. Sarpong has vast and diverse working experience and will be leading the transformation of NIB to reposition it as one of the leading Ghanaian owned banks supporting the nation’s industrialization agenda.
He was part of the team that executed the transformational agenda at GCB Bank Limited, serving in various capacities, including Chief Transformation Officer, Chief Operating Officer and acting Managing Director.
He worked with GCB from 2008 to 2017.
Having worked with various organizations in Canada, he served as policy advisor at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, as well as Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade from 1990 to 1995.
In 1996, he joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and served as Director of Lending Products. He also held senior positions in Credit Risk Management.
In 2005, Mr. Sarpong joined General Electric Corporation’s Consumer Lending Business (GE Money) in Canada.
As a Senior Manager at General Electric, he served as Risk Leader for three business units – Credit Cards, Risk Infrastructure and Fraud and Mortgages.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), MSc from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and an MBA from the Wifrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.