Access Bank Ghana has named Pearl Nkrumah as its new Managing Director, effective October 1, 2025, making her the first woman to lead the bank since it commenced operations in Ghana.
This follows the approval of the bank’s Board of Directors and the Bank of Ghana, in line with regulatory requirements.
She succeeds Olumide Olatunji, who served as Managing Director for the past seven years since 2018 and will now transitions into a new executive role in Nigeria within the parent company, Access Bank PLC.
The new MD, Pearl Nkrumah brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, spanning retail and digital banking, commercial banking, risk management, and digital transformation.
Until her appointment, Ms Nkrumah, who joined Access Bank as Executive Director in 2022, served as Executive Director for Retail & Digital Banking of Access Bank (Ghana) and the Head of Retail Business for Access Africa subsidiaries (excluding Nigeria), where she was responsible for driving the bank’s retail banking strategy across 15 markets on the continent.
She also served as Chairperson of the Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange, representing listed companies.
Ms Nkrumah’s 27 years of banking and financial services career started with Standard Chartered Bank, where she worked from 1998 to 2012.
She subsequently joined Stanbic Bank in 2012, where she held various leadership positions within commercial and business banking.
She brings on board extensive expertise in retail and transactional banking, commercial banking, risk management and digital transformation, among others.
Ms. Nkrumah’s appointment reflects the Bank’s commitment to enhancing its leadership bench and advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives as part of its comprehensive succession planning efforts.
She is expected to build on the successes of her predecessor, Olumide Olatunji, under whose leadership the Bank chalked up significant milestones and achievements.
