Enya Mensa Ameza

LLM, (International Business & Corporate Law), Lancaster.
MBA, GIMPA, Green Hill.  
MSC & Bsc (Hons), Kumasi.
Dip. (Credit Management) ICM, UK.
G.Dip. (Management) IPMA, UK.
Fdip. (Admin & Management Consultancy) CIAMC, Accra.

Corporate Governance and Institutions: A Study of the Banking Sector of Ghana.

Supervisor: Thankom Arun and Yin-Fang Zhang

Funding

Private Financing.

• Management, Strategic Management, Credit Management, Business Law
• Corporate Governance and Institutions, International Business and Institutions, Corporate Social Responsibility/Accountability, International Business Law & Institutions, Financial Institutions and Financial Sector Development

Corporate governance of financial institutions is demanding priority attention in the wake of rapid financial liberalization and globalization of financial services. Amongst them, banks need urgent consideration due to their unique firm specific features and vital role in the financial and economic development of developing countries.This study attempts to explore the Corporate Governance systems and institutions in the Ghanaian Banking Sector. The study draws on the experiences of pre and post liberalisation to provide an insight into the corporate governance practices of the banking institutions in Ghana

Irrespective of the widespread financial sector reforms, corporate governance system and institutions are far behind the poor performance of the banking sector in the developing economies, especially the sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana like-wise has adopted wide-spread financial sector reform programme which spark competition in banking sectors by removing various regulatory barriers such as entry, interest rate, and asset choice. It is however on record that the foreign/private banks comparatively performed well over the sector reform period which leads to a question on different practices of the corporate governance system and institutions in the banking sector, and their possible impact on the performance of public banks.

The need to understand the governance problem posed by the new regulated banks and also evaluation of the nature of outdated (long existing) governance institutions is now urgent than ever. It is again crucial to indicate that, the new governance challenge introduced by the sector liberalization, need the necessary institutional adjustment to have the expected positive impact on national economic development. The findings of the study will identify possible potential gaps in the system of corporate governance in the Ghanaian Banking Sector institutions.

Forthcoming, ‘The Impact of Corporate Governance Institutions on the Ghanaian Banking Industry’, Book Chapter in J. Turner and T. Arun, ‘Corporate Governance, Regulation and Development’, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Previous employment

Consultant, Chartered Institute of Administration & Management Consultants (CIAMC), Ghana,
October 2003 - September 2004

General Manager, Profurn (GH) Ltd.
July 1999 - September 2003

Branch Manager, Supreme Furnishers, Takoradi,
October 1998 - June 1999

Marketing & Procurement Manager, Natural Hardwoods Ltd, Takoradi,
May 1995 - June 1998

Lecturer, Takoradi Polytechnic. (PT),
July 1997 - 2001

Tutor, Aggery Memorial Secondary School, Cape Coast,
November 1992 - October 1994

Professional Memberships

Associate Member: Institute of Credit Management, UK.

Associate Member, International Professional Managers Association, UK.

Member, Chartered Institute Administration & Management Consultants, Ghana.

Conferences/Seminars

Banking Restructuring and Governance, CIAMC (March, 2004)

Managing the Effect of Post Privatization, organized by CIAMC, July (2003)

Effective Management of Consulting and Professional Services, CIAMC (Dec, 2003)

International Course in Strategic Succession Management as an Effective Tool for Good Governance and Conflict Prevention. Organized by Columbia and Wisconsin University. (April, 2003)

A Training Course in Corporate Management, Profurn, South Africa, September 2000

Product Development and Marketing Seminar, Profurn, Botswana, October 2000