Nana Bediatuo Asante

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Nana Bediatuo Asante
Office of the President
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
BornGhana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

Nana Bediatuo Asante is a Ghanaian administrator, lawyer and consultant. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the current Executive Secretary to the President of Ghana and the Apagyahene of Akyem Abuakwa.

Early life and education[edit]

Married to Oluwafemi Adetola

Working life[edit]

Asante started his legal practice with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, in New York before joining the African Development Bank and Databank as a Consultant and General Counsel respectively.[1] In 2000, he co-founded Faith Brothers Ltd, an investment holding company with Mawuli Ababio in Accra. The company later acquired Citi Savings and Loans Limited, where he served as a Managing Director. The company was subsequently converted into Intercontinental Bank Ghana Limited and was acquired by Access Bank Plc of Nigeria in 2019.[2][3]

Political life[edit]

In January 2017 he was appointed the Executive Secretary at the Flagstaff House by President Nana Akuffo-Addo.[4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nana Asante Bediatuo Appointed Executive Secretary To Nana Akufo-Addo". DailyGuide Network. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. ^ "Okyenhen to visit the UK from 27 June". Ghana review. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ Oso, Babatunde. "Access Bank Ghana Absorbs 400 Intercontinental Bank Workers".
  4. ^ "Akufo-Addo 'clearly' knows what he's about - Jinapor". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
  5. ^ Attenkah, Richard Kofi (2017-01-05). "Ghana: Nana's First Official Appointments". Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra). Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
  6. ^ Tornyi, Emmanuel. "NPP Government: Nana Addo names Frema Osei Opare as Ghana"s first female Chief of Staff". Retrieved 2017-11-21.