Mr. Michael Mensah

Mr. Michael Ewusi Mensah is the Chief Executive Officer. He has worked for over 25 years with the Bank of Ghana, rising to Director and Head of ICT Department in October 2017.  He has played key roles in various projects in the Bank, including leading in the establishment and certification of the Information Security Management System and the Cybersecurity Management System as well as the implementation of the Ghana Interbank Settlement System for the banking industry in Ghana. He was member of the team that produced the Cyber and Information Security Directives for the banking Industry. He was instrumental in the certification of the ISMS of the Central Securities Depository (GH) Limited. Between 2005 and 2013, Mr. Mensah led teams to the Central Bank of Liberia and Bank of Sierra Leone to implement their banking and accounting systems and provide training. He has facilitated ICT and accounting programmes at the Bank of Ghana Training School, National Banking College and West African Institute for Finance and Economic Management in Nigeria.  He holds a BSc. in Computer Science from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and has a number of IT professional certifications including Certified Business Resilience Manager, Certified Business Resilience IT Professional, Certified Business Resilience Auditor from BRCCI, Canada, Certified Cyber Risk Manager, Learning Tree, UK and Lead Information Security Auditor ISO27001, Lloyds, UK. Mr. Mensah has extensive experience in ICT, risk management and information/cybersecurity systems.