Mr. Paul Simon Koranteng

Mr. Paul S. M. Koranteng is a financial consultant and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London. He has extensive banking experience, having held various senior positions in various banks.

As Head of the London Operations of the then Ghana Commercial Bank, He was responsible for successfully reorganizing the branch in 1978/79 and was able to obtain a UK Banking Licence. From GCB London office, he advised the Ghana Cocoa Board and arranged the first Consortium Financing for cocoa purchases between 1989 and 1991.

As Managing Director of the defunct Meridian BIAO Ghana Limited, (which became the Trust Bank and now taken over by Ecobank), he was responsible for setting up the Bank in Ghana, and introduced the first Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Ghana. Mr. Koranteng has extensive Board experience from Ecobank (Cote D’Ivoire), the Agricultural Development Bank (Ghana) (Now ADB Bank), HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited (Now Republic Bank), Metropolitan Insurance Company Limited, Olam Ghana Limited, HFC – Investment Services (Now Republic Investment) and the Council of the Presbyterian University College of Ghana.