The seminar took place at the La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana.
The main topics were the direction forward for African banking and financial institutions, addressing an insightful breadth of issues including capitalization, re-capitalization, liquidity, asset quality, regulation (incl. Basel II), risk management, corporate governance and more beyond 2010.
Speakers from across the continent included Dr. Charles Okeahalam, Chief Executive Officer, Group AGH South Africa, David King, Chief Executive Officer, Finance Bank Zambia Ltd, Ugo Ikemba, Partner Managing Director, Vectis Capital Nigeria, Richard Shaw, Director, Bearing Consulting South Africa, Tertius Smith, Managing Director, Fitch South Africa and K. S. Yamoah, Managing Director, Ghana Stock Exchange.
The seminar was attended by regional banks, private equity, pension funds, fund management, other non bank financial institutions, government institutions and related sectors. Individual delegate profiles included Chief Executive Officers, Managing Directors, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Board Members, Senior Management, Line Managers, Risk Managers, Lawyers, Regulators, Auditors, Analysts, Compliance Officers, Consultants and other functional employees.
Richard Shaw of Bearing gave a speech with an overview of the African regional financial sector and business drivers, market gaps and growth Industries. Click below to see a video of the speech.
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