Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been honoured at the 2022 African Corporate Governance Network (ACGN) Directors’ Awards, held virtually Thursday, November 17 2022.
The BoG won awards in two categories and was recognised as suitable for celebration as a “Doyen of Business Excellence”.
The central bank won the Corporate Governance Institution of the Year award for 2022. The award follows the bank’s outstanding performance in promoting the culture of good corporate governance.
The Governor of BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, was presented an award as the Corporate Governance Personality, Ghana, for the year 2022.
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Dr Addison was awarded for demonstrating outstanding performance in the promotion of good governance leading to significant outcomes.
The bank’s secretary, Sandra Thompson, who represented the the central bank at the virtual event, expressed her gratitude to the organisers of the Awards.
The programme was attended by over 150 local and international participants, including Corporate Directors from both public and private sector organisations, cutting across 42 industries, drawn from the African continent and was addressed by the eminent Professor Extraordinaire Mervyn King, an authority on corporate governance.
The 2022 African Corporate Governance Network (ACGN) Directors’ Awards, was held under the theme:” Promoting Corporate Governance Excellence Across Africa.”
The ACGN Excellence Awards programme has been established to promote and recognise individual and corporate actors from Africa who are demonstrating outstanding performance in the promotion of good governance leading to significant outcomes.