Who we are

He retired from banking as Head of Corporate Banking at Societe Generale Bank in December 2014, and currently a Banking/Investment Consultant.

He holds an MBA[Finance], BA[Political Science/Philosophy] both degrees from the University of Ghana and he is a graduate of The FinAfrica Institute[Milan, Italy] from where he obtained a Diploma in Advance Economics of Banking.

Ben joined the Board of Directors of Advans Ghana in June 2015. He is an Independent Director since June 2015 and Chairman of the Board since April 2019.

He currently holds the position of an Honorary Treasurer of Global Network of Export Import Banks and Development Financial Institutions (G-NEXID) since July 2018. Sydney has held roles and served in various organizations such as of Chief Finance Officer at Societe Generale Ghana (SG). He also served in Intercontinental Bank Ghana limited/Access Bank, Ernst and Young (Ghana), London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and Vodi Technik.

Sydney joined Advans Ghana’s Board as an Independent Director in August 2019.

Amma is the Human Resource Executive for MTN Ghana (Scancom Limited), a role she assumed since 2008 wiht the responsibility to oversee a Learning Academy for 9 countries in West & Central Africa. She has worked with the company since 2001 to date, going through various roles such as Senior Human Resource Lead 2001-2003, 2003 to 2007 - Senior Manager - Human Resources.

Before joining MTN Amma worked with Shencare, Birmingham UK as the Human resource advisor 1999-2000, Amma served on the boards of trustees of Enterprise Life and the Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH) Chairperson of the board of trustees for the MTN Ghana Pension & Provident fund. 

Amma joined Advans Ghana’s Board as an Independent Director in July 2019.

Before assuming his current position at Advans Ghana, Guillaume was the CEO of Advans subsidiaries in Pakistan and in Nigeria, and held various operational functions in other subsidiaries, gaining extensive expertise in microfinance and banking operations. His dedication to empowering communities through access to financial services has been evident throughout his career.

Prior to joining Advans Group, he worked in the startup finance ecosystem and in the real estate industry in France.

He has a strong educational background, holding a Master's degree in Business Administration and Management from ICN Business School, and a Master of Public Administration, Public Sector Management from IAE Nancy School of Management

He manages and supervises the ALM team in the preparation, monitoring and reporting on all ALM risks of the bank for management decision making, group reporting purposes and regulatory requirement.Prior to joining Societe Generale Ghana, he worked as an audit trainee for 2 years at KPMG Ghana.

He’s a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Administration (Accounting) and an MBA in Finance from the University of Ghana.

Richmond joined Advans Ghana’s Board as a non – executive director in June 2020.

He has 18 years working experience in Economic analysis, Investment and Corporate Finance. He worked in the Horus’ Investment unit, participating in the setting up and management of Advans SICAR and conducting feasibility studies for the creation of new microfinance institutions.

Before joining Advans International in 2003, he worked with Air France’s Internal Audit and Management control departments.

Grégoire holds an MBA in Business Strategy and Management Control from ESSEC Business school. Grégoire is a non-Executive Director of the Board in December 2020.

She continued her advisory role with Symbiotics Group Investment Investors and depicted the same role at Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSDA) in Nairobi, Kenya.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History degree and a Master Degree in Public Administration. 

Mariam worked as a Risk controller at Lous Dreyfus Finance Banque-Investment Bank, an Analyst at Butler Capital Partners (Private Equity Firm) and a Junior Associate Manager at Ernst and Young Corporate Finance all in Paris. She later assumed the role of Vice president of Emerging Capital Partners (Private Equity Fund).

Mariam has been a member of the board since December 2023 and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a French Masters-Level Diploma in Accounting. She is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Advans Cote d’Ivoire Microfinance and also a board member of PISAM and SOLIBRA.

Before assuming his current position at Advans Ghana, Guillaume was the CEO of Advans subsidiaries in Pakistan and in Nigeria, and held various operational functions in other subsidiaries, gaining extensive expertise in microfinance and banking operations. His dedication to empowering communities through access to financial services has been evident throughout his career.

Prior to joining Advans Group, he worked in the startup finance ecosystem and in the real estate industry in France.

He has a strong educational background, holding a Master's degree in Business Administration and Management from ICN Business School, and a Master of Public Administration, Public Sector Management from IAE Nancy School of Management.

Prior to joining Advans Ghana in 2009, he was the Financial Accountant at MOL Ghana Limited and later Financial Reporting Manager at Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited.

She holds a degree from the University of Cape Coast and an MBA in Finance from Methodist University College. She has attended several work shops and seminars organized by Bank of Ghana, Banking College, Gamey & Gamey, among others.

Prior to joining Advans Ghana, Sylvester worked with Glico Capital as Finance and Compliance Officer and later promoted to Corporate Finance Manager. He joined Advans Ghana as Senior Accountant, rose through the ranks to attain the Chief Accountant role then later promoted to Deputy Chief Finance Officer.

Sylvester holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics with mathematics from the University of Ghana.

He co-founded 2 companies specialized in providing Payment technology and infrastructure to MNOs, banks, financial services operators and distribution networks and in digitalizing and modernizing Healthcare ecosystems in Europe and various West African countries (Senegal, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, etc.). 

He graduated from Institut Politique de Strasbourg (France) in Economics & Finance and holds a Master in Direct Marketing and eCommerce at Skema Lille Business School (France).

Prosper previously worked for Bayport Savings & Loans and throughout his career, his different positions both in UK & Ghana have spanned several senior and middle management functions like Analyst, Risk and Research, Deputy Internal Auditor, forensic analytics manager and deputy manager for risk, compliance and AML. 

Among others, Prosper is an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (USA), a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and a graduate of  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BSc Materials Engineering)  and  Glasgow Caledonian University, (U.K) in Financial Services, Risk and Operations (MSc).

Prior to joining Advans Ghana, Rufina was an Associate at G.A. Sarpong & Co, a firm of Legal Practitioners and Consultant.

Rufina Acquah obtained her LLB from the University of Ghana, BL (Qualifying Certificate in Law) from the Ghana School of Law and an LLM (Master of Laws in International Business Law) from the University of Liverpool, UK. Rufina was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2010.

He assumed roles including Acting Head of Compliance & Risk for 6 months, Deputy Chief Operations Officer-Back Office for 7 years, Acting Chief Operations Officer for 4 months and currently serving as Deputy Chief Business and Development Officer since September 2020.He has been pivotal in driving the Advans Ghana’s growth and ensuring compliance.

He holds an MBA from Sikkim Manipal University, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Cape Coast among various professional certificates including Leadership training at the EDHEC Training Centre in Paris, and Leadership and Team Building from British Council Professional Development Training Centre.