Tei Mante
Tei Mensa Mante | |
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| Born | July 22, 1949 Ghana |
| Occupation | Investment banker |
| Years active | 1975–2020 |
| Known for | Vice Chairman of Ecobank Transnational (2014–2020) |
Tei Mensa Mante (born July 22, 1949) is a Ghanaian professional in investment banking who held the position of Vice Chairman and served on the board of Ecobank Transnational between 2014 and 2020.
Early life and education
Mante completed his secondary education at Accra Academy from 1961 to 1968. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration from the University of Ghana in 1971, followed by a Master of Business Administration specializing in international finance at Columbia University between 1973 and 1975. Additionally, he is a graduate of INSEAD.
Career
In 1975, Mante commenced his professional journey at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., initially working as a project manager. By 1983, he was assigned to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), where he advanced to become Director of the Sub-Saharan Africa Department by 1993 and later assumed the role of Director of Agribusiness in 1997.
Throughout his tenure with the IFC, Mante held board memberships on various equity funds and institutions such as the Africa Emerging Markets Fund, West Africa Growth Fund, African Management Services Company, and Caribbean Financial Services Corporation. He concluded his service with the World Bank Group in 2000.
In 2001, during President John Kufuor’s first administration (2001–2005), Mante was appointed as a special advisor to Ghana’s economic management team.
Between 2006 and 2010, he chaired the board of Ecobank Ghana, guiding its strategic transformation from wholesale banking toward retail banking services. In 2014, he joined the board of Ecobank Transnational as a non-executive director representing West African shareholders and was subsequently elected vice-chairman, a role he fulfilled until retiring in 2020.
From 2002 to 2010, Mante served as an independent member of the investment committee for Pan-African Investment Partners and currently participates on the investment committee for the West Africa Emerging Market Growth Fund.