Occupation Banker
UniBank Religion Christian Presbyterian | Name Felix Nyarko-Pong | |
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Alma mater University of Ghana, University of Glasgow, Said Business School | ||
Felix Nyarko-Pong is a Ghanaian Banker and the Executive Chairman of Via Veritas Limited, a Management Consultancy and Investment Advisory Services Group. He was the Chief Executive Officer of uniBank in Ghana where he served from 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2017. As CEO of the bank he was responsible for ensuring that the bank attained its stated commercial, operational, risk, financial and other strategic goals.
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Career
Nyarko-Pong worked with the NMB Bank, Tanzania as the DMD/COO (on secondment from Rabobank International Nlg) and also with Barclays Bank Ghana as Executive Director Retail Banking and Executive Head Treasury. He is a former Assistant Principal Consultant of the National Banking College, Accra and Lecturer in Business Finance at the University of Ghana Business School.
Education
Nyarko-Pong is an alumnus of the University of Ghana Legon (BSc, Banking & Finance); University of Glasgow Scotland (MBA International Business); Oxford University Said Business School (Strategic Leadership) and has attended many other Executive Management and Banking Professional courses.
Honours
Nyarko-Pong is an honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Ghana (FCIB) and also holds an honorary Doctorate in Banking and Finance (honoris causa). He has been awarded by The Global Leadership Training USA(Exceptional Corporate Leadership, 2012); Global Centre for Transformational Leadership (Africa Prize for Transformational Leadership and Most Outstanding CEO 2013) and also has the West African Nobles Award.Felix Nyarko-Pong was on Saturday, April 30, 2017 presented with the Banking and Financial CEO of the Year 2016 award at the 7th Ghana Entrepreneurs and Corporate Awards held at the Banquet Hall, State House, Accra.