Only chartered bankers to head branches within the next five years – CIB Ghana
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CIB’s Chief Executive Officer, Robert Dzato, disclosed the initiative, emphasizing the need to align banking leadership with global best practices and ethical standards.
The Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Ghana, has announced that within the next five years, only chartered bankers will qualify to serve as branch managers or occupy senior-level positions in the country’s banking industry.
The directive, unveiled at the 29th National Banking and Ethics Conference in Accra, is part of a broader strategy to enhance professionalism, strengthen ethical conduct, and restore public confidence in Ghana’s financial sector.
CIB’s Chief Executive Officer, Robert Dzato, disclosed the initiative, emphasizing the need to align banking leadership with global best practices and ethical standards.
“Over the next five years, you must be a chartered banker to be a branch manager, and that will then be scaled to all other job families going into the future,” Mr Dzato stated.
He stressed that the move is essential in curbing unethical behaviour and fraud in the sector, citing findings from the Bank of Ghana’s fraud report.
As part of the reforms, the Institute launched two new professional certification programmes — Ethics 2.0 and Non-Interest Banking and Finance.
According to CIB President, Mr Benjamin Amenumey, the Ethics 2.0 programme is now mandatory for everyone working in the banking sector — from entry-level staff to executives and board members.
The Non-Interest Banking certification, meanwhile, is designed to deepen expertise in Islamic and ethical finance models, reflecting the evolving landscape of sustainable finance.
The conference, themed “Building Future-Ready Banks: Ethical Leadership, Sustainable Finance and Currency Stability Amid Disruption,” convened policymakers, regulators, and financial executives to explore how ethics and innovation can co-exist in the digital banking era.
The CIB’s initiative marks a transformative shift toward professionalising the banking workforce — ensuring that leadership positions are held by qualified, accountable, and ethically grounded professionals, capable of steering Ghana’s financial system toward greater integrity and resilience.
