Simon Dornoo

Simon Dornoo is an independent Business Consultant with a proven track record of over 25 years in the banking and allied financial services industry.

He was the Managing Director of GCB Bank, Ghana from 2010 to 2016 where he successfully led the rapid turnaround and restructuring of the oldest indigenous bank in Ghana into a modern, profitable and resilient commercial enterprise ranking among top-tier performing banks in Ghana.

From 1999 to 2010 he occupied senior management positions at Barclays Bank in Ghana including Finance Director and Country Treasurer; as well as with Barclays Plc in the United Kingdom where he was Finance Director for Barclays Africa with oversight of Finance Operations in 11 countries in Africa and the Indian Ocean.

Prior to joining Barclays, he held senior management positions at Cal Bank Ghana from 1990 to 1999 starting off as its first Finance Director and subsequently as Head of the Credit and Relationship Banking Units respectively. Prior to this, he worked with KPMG where he trained and worked in assurance services from 1985 to 1990.

He is currently the Board Chairman of ESLA Plc, a government sponsored SPV, issuer of a publicly traded USD1.5 billion receivablebacked bond, and a member of the Board of Directors of Hollard Life Ghana Limited. He previously served on various boards of firms operating in the financial services industry locally and abroad, the Ghana Stock Exchange as well as on boards of companies engaged in Trade Facilitation and in Healthcare.