Joseph Osei Asantey - Head, Risk & Compliance

Dr. Joseph Asantey was appointed as the Head of Risk and Compliance on August 15, 2022. Prior to that he served as the Head of Risk and Credit Management from September 3, 2018.

Dr. Asantey once worked with the erstwhile National Board for Small Scale Industries, currently Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) .  His working experience was associated with several institutions like the then Ghana Export Promotion Council (G.E.P.C), National Council on Women and Development (N.C.W.D.), Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Diverse Financial Institutions, Local and Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), projects and state organizations involved in enterprise risk management/business development and business financing.

Dr. Asantey worked with Amalgamated Bank (currently Bank of Africa) as an SME Manager and later rose to the position of Head of Credit. He further worked with Standard Chartered Bank as Head- Risk Portfolio Monitoring, Controls and Policy and later on as Cluster Head- Risk Processes and Controls- West Africa and was as well made a member of the Standard Chartered Africa Retail Risk Policy Management Team.

He further went on and worked with Premium Bank Ghana Limited as the Chief Risk Officer. Dr. Asantey’s vision has always been embedded in channeling all necessary approaches and strategies that support the cause of successful and sustainable enterprise/ business development services.

He is a Risk Professional and a Business Development Specialist.  He drives the enterprise risk management agenda and consistently implements topnotch risk approaches, models,  methods and strategies that are best suited for the Banking Risk and Business Risk Management environments. He has acquired an immense exposure and knowledge within the local and international banking environment. He has a combined experience of not less than 20 years in overall Risk Management and Credit Management.

He holds an MSc in Economics and EMBA in Banking and Finance. He is a Chartered Economic Policy Analyst (CEPA, USA), a Chartered Financial Economist (ChFE, USA), a Certified Risk Analyst (CRA), a Certified Operational Risk Manager, (CORM), Fellow of the Global Academy of Finance and Management (FGAFM, USA), Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Economists (FCCE, USA Global), and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA-UK). He is also a Chartered Financial Risk Manager (FRM- USA).

Dr Joseph Asantey is a Chartered Accountant and a full member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants –Ghana (ICAG). He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Finance Major) and is a full member of the Institute of Directors- Ghana (IOD).