Bankers Honour Asare Akuffo
Asare Akuffo
The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) has honoured the former Managing Director of HFC Bank, Asare Akuffo for his exemplary and transformational leadership.
Mr Asare Akuffo was honoured at a cocktail held in Accra recently.
Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GAB, lauded Mr. Akuffo, who is also a former President of the Association, for his remarkable achievements during his 10-year membership of the Association.
Explaining further, Mr. Mensah said Mr Akuffo engineered the introduction of a new Articles of Agreement and Conduct of Business Standards (GABCOBS), which set the standards for intra-bank ethical behaviour in the country.
Mr. Akuffo served the association in various capacities; Vice-President from 2009 to 2011 and President from 2011 to 2014.
Until his retirement from HFC Bank on 30 June, 2015, Mr. Akuffo was a council member of the GAB.
He was instrumental in the formulation of the constitution of GAB and supervised the relocation of the associations' office to the Accra Financial Centre.
A pioneer management staff of HFC Bank from 1990, Mr. Akuffo rose to become the Financial Controller and Finance Director before assuming the leadership of the bank in July 2005.