Dolapo Ogundimu, the CEO of Access Bank Ghana, has been voted the Most Reputable Ghanaian Bank CEO in a ranking poll led by South African-based Reputation Management Agency, Reputation Poll, and leading PR and Rating Agency, Avance Media.
The ranking poll, which featured all 34 distinguished leaders of Class 1 Banks in Ghana, had Ogundimu emerging the Most Reputable Bank CEO with 17 per cent of votes from the over 3,000 voters who participated in the polling exercise.
Ogundimu, who has schooled at both Harvard and Columbian Business School, was also formerly MD of Access Bank Plc Nigeria and Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana before taking up his current position in 2012.
Emerging second in the poll was Patience Akyianu, the MD of Barclays Bank Ghana, who also earned the leading spot among the only four female bank CEOs in Ghana alongside Marufatu Abiola Bawuah of UBA Ghana, who took the overall seventh position.
Forbes ranked entrepreneur and founder of Reputation Poll, Barrister Rex Tonye Idaminabo, admonished all the Bank CEOs in Ghana, urging them to use their experiences to mentor young people to become better business leaders across the continent.
Below is the full list of Reputationpoll.com’s 10 Most Reputable Ghanaian Bank CEOs:
1. Dolapo Ogundimu — Access Bank Ghana Limited
2. Patience Akyianu — Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited
3. Philip Oti-Mensah — OmniBank
4. Stephen Antwi-Assimeng — UT Bank Ghana Limited
5. Henry Oroh — Zenith Bank Ghana Limited
6. Frank Adu Jnr. — CAL Bank Ghana Limited
7. Marufatu Abiola Bawuah — United Bank for Africa Ghana Limited
8. Jim Baiden — Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
9. Sionle Yeo — SG-Ghana Limited
10. Daniel Asiedu — Agricultural Development Bank
More detailed information (number of votes, full ranking, total voters) on the ranking are also available on www.reputationpoll.com/ghanabankceos.