Board of Directors

Kofi Jude Bucknor
Nationality: Ghana
Age: 53
Position: Non Executive Director
Residence: Accra, Ghana
Years as a Director: 1
Shareholding: None

Mr Bucknor is the Managing Partner of Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management with extensive financial institution experience.  He began his professional career at Chemical Bank in New York in 1979 after obtaining an MBA (Finance) degree from Columbia University in New York. He also holds a BSc (Administration) degree from the University of Ghana, Legon. Mr Bucknor was a former Treasurer of the African Development Bank, Executive Director of Lehman Brothers and Managing Director of CAL Merchant Bank in Ghana.

He has served or still serves on several boards including: Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (Ghana), Normandy Mining (Australia), Pep Stores (Ghana), Newmont Mining Corporation (Ghana ), TA Holdings Limited (Zimbabwe), Ecobank Transnational Corporation (Togo), Asset & Resource Management (Nigeria), CNIA Assurance (Morocco) and Chirano Gold Mines (Ghana).

He also served as Chairman of the Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange and the Council of the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Mr Bucknor was first appointed to the board during 2005 and more recently again in January 2008 and is currently the Chairman of the Group Remuneration Committee and also serves on the Group Audit and Risk Committee.  Kofi is also a board member of Letshego Financial Services Limited (Zambia).