Mr. Victor Azuma Mejida

VICTOR AZUMA MEJIDA is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA).

Victor is a result driven finance and investment banking practitioner with both commercial and central banking experience. His main expertise spans across financial markets, foreign reserve assets management (including foreign currency portfolios, gold holdings and IMF Special Drawing Rights), strategic assets allocation and financial risk management. His main strength is anchored in his deep understanding of the interaction between macroeconomic policy and financial markets and their impact on investment portfolio management.

Over the course of his career in central banking, Victor has developed broad experience in fixed income portfolio management, sovereign investment policy formulation, geopolitical risk assessment and market development to inform asset allocation in supranational instruments, foreign currency assets and money market instruments. He was instrumental in the design and implementation of the following reserve and foreign exchange management programs at the Bank of Ghana:

• Domestic Gold Purchase Program to boost Ghana’s foreign reserves.
• Operating structure for the near-real-time monitoring of Ghana’s export proceeds to track repatriation.
• Framework for managing a portion of Ghana’s foreign reserve assets internally.

Within the commercial banking space, Victor holds strong expertise in credit risk analysis and credit administration including facility structuring and managing credit portfolios to ensure sound risk management and regulatory compliance.`22

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Investment Banking and Risk Management from the Business School Netherlands, Buren, Netherlands and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra, Ghana.

Victor has undertaken several advanced international training programs with renowned global financial institutions, including the World Bank Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), JP Morgan etc., gaining deep insights into global financial systems and architecture with exposure to international best practices.

His vision for Ghana’s pension industry is to promote policy reforms through collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that the Pension Fund serves as a catalyst for domestic capital formation and economic transformation to enhance long-term value for contributors and beneficiaries.