Beryl Archer appointed Ghana EXIM Deputy CEO
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Ms Rosemary Beryl Archer as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Export and Import (EXIM) Bank in charge of Banking/Business.
A statement from the bank said until her appointment, the new Deputy CEO was the Head of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the bank.
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The appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare. It is in line with Ghana Export-Import Bank Act, 2016 (Act 911).
“Pursuant to Section 18(1) of Act 911, the President has appointed you to act as the Deputy Chief Executive – Business/Banking – of the bank, pending receipt of the constitutionally required advice of the governing board of the bank, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission,” portions of the letter dated January 4 stated.
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The statement said she hailed from the Western Region and had more than 20 years’ experience in banking, media and telecommunications.
“Within the 16 years of her banking experience, she has assumed various roles, including those at corporate and institutional banking, retail, SME, business development, treasury, credit and recoveries and export development in several local banks, including the Universal Merchant Bank ( UMB), Access Bank ( formerly Intercontinental Bank), and Fidelity Bank.
“She is currently heading the SME Banking Department at GEXIM where she has been instrumental in advancing key initiatives to position SME businesses as a useful platform to facilitate the industrial transformation agenda of the government. In 2020, GEXIM’s ‘Tuesday Market,’ an initiative she spearheaded to promote made-in-Ghana products locally and internationally, received the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) President’s Special Award,” the statement said.
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It added that as Head of International Cooperation at GEXIM, Ms Archer was key to the completion of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with peer international development banks such as US Exim, India Exim, Indonesia Exim, Hungary, Thai and Slovenia Exim banks.
It said those relationships and partnerships occasioned new access to funding and knowledge transfer.
“In addition to these, her tenure as Head of International Cooperation occasioned the appointment of the CEO of GEXIM to the high office of President of the Global Network of Exim Banks and Development Finance Institutions,” the statement said.
It added that Ms Archer was expected to bring her banking experience and extensive familiarity with the organisation and its objectives to bear in the new role.
She is a product of three academic institutions, including Holy Child School, the University of Ghana and the University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom (UK).