Barclays Bank MD Resigns

Barclays Bank Ghana's Managing Director, Benjamin Dabrah

Barclays Bank Ghana's Managing Director, Benjamin Dabrah has resigned.

This was announced by the bank a while ago in a statement copied to Citi Business News.

Citi Business News checks indicate that Mr Dabrah is crossing carpets to Standard Chartered Bank where his new role will be Chief Risk Officer for Stanchart Africa.

He will be based in Lagos, Nigeria.
According to the bank, “having served as Managing Director since November 2008, Benjamin Dabrah will be leaving the bank to pursue other opportunities”.

Commenting on the development, Barclays Africa Chief Administrative Officer, Adan Mohamed said: "Ben has played a critical role in leading our business in Ghana during the last four years, having assumed the MD role at a point when the business was facing difficult times.

He is leaving us at a point where the business is in good shape and on a sustainable profit growth trajectory. Together with his leadership team, he has built a strong business for which the bank got recognised through many external awards."

Mr Mohamed reiterated that Ghana remained an important business to the Barclays Africa One Africa strategy and that the bank was confident that the leadership team would continue on the great success story they had all been proudly part of to make Barclays the most profitable bank in Ghana in 2011.

He added, "we would like to take this opportunity to thank Ben for the positive contribution he has made to our Ghana business since becoming MD in November 2008 and wish him all the best in his future endeavours."

Mr. Dabrah will continue to serve as Managing Director until mid-June. A successor will be announced in due course.