Benjamin Chemel - Head - Finance and Administration

Benjamin Chemel is a consummate Banker and Finance Professional with over 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. His experience spans Financial Control, Financial Reporting, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Treasury Management, Procurement and Project Management.

He started his carrier with the Fiaseman Rural Bank Limited in August 1996, where he rose through the ranks to become the Operations Manager of the Tarkwa Branch.

Chemel joined the ARB Apex Bank in August 2004 as the Head Office Accountant. By dint of hard work, he rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Head, Finance and Strategic Planning in 2009. Before his appointment as the Head, Finance and Administration, he was the Head, Finance and Strategy Unit of the Bank.

He is a Fellow of the Association Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), UK, having qualified in 2006. He is also a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana (ACIB). He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Accounting from the Oxford Brookes University, UK.