Patience Akyianu
Patience Akyianu | |
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| Education | Wesley Girls' Senior High School; University of Ghana Business School (BBA Accounting, MBA Finance) |
| Occupation(s) | Banking professional, Chief Executive Officer |
| Known for | CEO of Hollard Insurance Ghana, former Managing Director of Barclays Bank Ghana (now Absa Bank Ltd) |
Patience Akyianu is a prominent Ghanaian banking professional currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Hollard Insurance Ghana. Prior to this role, she was the managing director of Barclays Bank Ghana, which has since been rebranded as Absa Bank Ltd.
Education
Akyianu completed her secondary studies at Wesley Girls' Senior High School located in Cape Coast, Ghana. She earned a first-class honours degree in Business Administration with a focus on accounting, along with an MBA specializing in Finance from the University of Ghana Business School.
Career
Her professional journey commenced at Standard Chartered Bank where she worked as a financial controller. She advanced to become the chief financial officer for the bank’s operations across Africa, a position she held while based in South Africa.
Awards and nominations
In 2017, Akyianu was recognized as Finance CEO of the Year at the Ghana CFO Awards and was also featured among Africa’s top 60 emerging women leaders that same year. Her accolades include the Nobles International Award (2013), Africa Female Economic Champion-Banking by CELD (2014), and induction into the Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame (CELD, 2014). Additional honors include Woman of Excellence in Finance at the Ghana CFO Awards (2015) and being named among the Top 50 Rising Stars in Africa by The Africa Report (2014). Most recently, in 2021, she received the African Female Business Leader of the Year award.