Ken Ofori-Atta; Minister for Finance of The Republic of Ghana
Ken Ofori-Atta is 57 years old.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Columbia University in
New York, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He was the first
African to be honoured as a Donaldson Fellow at Yale University in 2010, a John
Jay Fellow at Columbia University in 2011 and also a Henry Crown Fellow of the
Aspen Institute. Ken was also the first African to testify at the US Congress
Ways and Means Committee to support the AGOA law. He was twice honoured by PriceWaterHouse
Ghana as one of the Top 5 Most Respected CEOs in Ghana.
Ken was an investment banker at
Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers on Wall Street in New York, before
co-founding the Databank Group (an investment banking firm) in Ghana. He was
the Executive Chairman from 1990 until his retirement on February 14, 2012. Ken
has been Chairman and Board member of the following corporates: Family Ventures
and Offices in Ghana; Chairman of Trust Bank Ltd in The Gambia; International
Bank of Liberia, Bank of Kigali in Rwanda, Enterprise Life in Ghana, and
pan-African Databank AgriFund for SME Agribusiness with investments in
Madagascar, Cameroun, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and
Ethiopia.
Ken has other business
interests in Insurance, Retail Banking, Private Equity, Micro finance,
Pharmaceuticals and Real Estate.
He is married to Prof. Angela
Ofori-Atta of the University of Ghana Medical School, and they have four
children.
source: presidency.gov.gh
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