Akindele Ogunranti CEO Zenith Bank Ghana

Akindele Ogunranti is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited.  He has had a broad-based wealth of experience spanning over two decades, cutting across finance and banking, general management, corporate and commercial banking, structured trade and project finance, advisory services, business development strategy, and a strong relationship with multilateral and export credit agencies.

Akin holds a BSc (Hons.) in International Relations, from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, an MBA in Marketing, and an MSc (Hons.) Banking and Finance from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has also attended the prestigious Moody’s Credit Academy, in the UK, and various Executive Management Programs at the Wharton Business School and Harvard Business School, USA respectively.  He is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (HCIB), Nigeria, a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), and an Honorary Fellow, of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management, Ghana.

Before joining Zenith Bank Ghana, he worked in various capacities at Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria.

He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) and a member of the Governing Council of the National Banking College (NBC), Ghana.