1. CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: SAMUEL KWABENA OPOKU.
DATE OF BIRTH: 20TH MARCH, 1959
CURRENT JOB TITLE: MANAGER, FINANCIAL SECTOR SUPPORT UNIT (USAID-
FINANCING GHANAIAN AGRICULTURE PROJECT)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
NAME OF
SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY
NAME OF
COURSE
DATE
COMPLETED
QUALIFICATION
& LEVEL
ACHIEVED.
GIMPA GRADUATE
SCHOOL1
UNIVERSITY OF
GHANA.
OPOKU WARE
SCHOOL
OPOKU WARE
SCHOOL
EXECUTIVE
MASTERS IN
BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
AGRICULTURE
GCE ADVANCED
LEVEL
GCE ORDINARY
LEVEL
SEPTEMBER,
2005
SEPTEMBER,1982
JUNE, 1979
JUNE, 1977
EMBA, DEGREE.
BSc (SECOND
CLASS HONS
UPPER
DIVISION).
HIGHER
SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE.
SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE.
1 GIMPA: Ghana Instituteof Management and Public Administration

2. ON THE JOB TRAINING
YEAR DURATION TITLE OF TRAINING PROGRAM/ COURSE.
Two weeks
Three Weeks
Two days
Nine days
Two weeks
One day
Two days
Two days
Three days
Five days
Five days
Five days
Four days
Four days
Supervisory Courses 1 & 2 (Facilitated by GIMPA)
Agricultural Project Analysis (GIMPA)
Senior Advances Course (Facilitated from Barclays UK)
Negotiation & Pricing skills (Facilitated from Barclays
UK)
Senior Credit Management Course (National Banking
College- Accra)
Business Appreciation ( Facilitated from Barclays- UK)
Treasury Sales Seminar (Facilitated from Barclays UK)
Leasing Finance (Facilitated from Barclays UK)
Credit Assessment Skills (facilitated from Barclays UK)
Focus on the future (Henley Management College- UK)
Customer Focussed Selling (Fidulcia Consulting- USA)
Sales Leadership (Facilitated by same as above)
Structured Trade and Commodity
Finance.(EUROMONEY)
Bank and Country Risk Analysis (EUROMONEY)

3. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Date Employer’s Name Job Title/ Brief Description of Role
September
2014 to date
Carana Corporation Manager: Financial Sector Support Unit.
Carana Corporation is a US company
responsible for the implementation of the US
Government’s Financing Ghanaian
Agricultural Project (USAID- FinGAP)2. As
one of three consultants on the project, I
facilitate finance for Small Medium including
Large Enterprises (SMiLEs). In achieving my
component’s outcomes, I build the capacity of
the Financial Institutions through training and
short term technical assistance among others
including the introduction of Risk mitigation
tools for credit.
I am also a member of the Grant Evaluation
Committee (GEC) which evaluates bids for
Fixed Obligation Grants awards to
Participating Financial Institutions. These
financial institutions comprise Microfinance
Companies, Rural and Community Banks,
Universal Commercial Banks, Finance Houses
as well as impact investors. I also offer post
award training to grantees and approve
qualifying investments for grant awards.
Other responsibilities include the preparation
and implementation of annual work plans
(including budgets) for the Financial Sector
Support Unit component of the project
September
2012
September,
2014
Ghana International Bank Plc
(A UK based Ghanaian
Bank)
Head Financial Institutions (West Africa):-
Role included the management of the Ghana
Country Office of the bank. Responsible for
the submission of board reports on the country
operations of the Bank.
Manage a portfolio of 43 Financial
Institutions comprising 38 banks, 4 insurance
companies and 1 pension fund across West
Africa. Represent the bank at all public
functions, coordinate the Bank’s charitable
Trust – Corporate Social Responsibility.
Administering the Accra Office.
I was responsible for the development of the
West African market where I added 14 banks
to GIB’s corresponding banking customer
stock in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia and
Guinea in six years.
May, 2008- Ghana International Bank Plc Head Relationship Management- Africa:
2 FinGAP: FinancingGhanaian Agricultural Project

4. September
2012
Responsible for developing new markets and
offering customer support across the Bank’s
markets in the African Region with particular
emphasis on English speaking West Africa. I
was also responsible for the country
management of the bank in Ghana.
June 2004-
May 2008
Ghana International Bank Plc Leader, Accra Team/Relationship Manager:
Responsible for the management of the
Bank’s operations in Ghana
May 2003 –
June 2004
Ghana International Bank Plc Business Development Manager: Key Role
includes; Recruiting new businesses,
structured finance and deepening the bank’s
share of existing customers’ wallet.
November,
1999- May
2003
Barclays Bank (Ghana)
Limited
Corporate Manager; Key responsibilities
included Sales and Marketing of the banks
financial products to Corporates ranging from
Parastatals, Multi-National companies to
airlines (KLM, SWISS AIR AND
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES) among others
June 1990-
May 1999
Barclays Bank Ghana
Limited
Head, Barclays Agricultural Financial
Services.
Role;
Agribusiness Development (covering the
whole of Ghana).
Advising the Bank on Agricultural Policies,
Programmes and Lending.
Representing the bank on the Boards of
Agricultural Companies where the bank had
equity interests (e.g. Nasia Rice Company).
Coordination of the Bank’s Agricultural
programmes.
Sales and marketing of the Bank’s agricultural
finance products to bankable agricultural
businesses.
Served as liaison between the Bank and other
Agricultural related institutions e.g. Cocobod.
Developing and organising Agricultural
Training programmes for the field staff and
farmers.
Management of the Agricultural team.
September,
1984- June,
1990
Barclays Bank Ghana
Limited
Assistant Agricultural Development Officer-
Responsible for agribusiness development and
advising nine branches in the Eastern and
Volta Regions of Ghana on Agricultural
Lending. Under the bank’s supervised credit

5. system, I was responsible for the supervision/
monitoring of farmers enjoying credit from
the bank (in the nine branches)
November
1982- Sept
1984
Kumasi City Council Ag. Agricultural Projects Officer; I was
responsible for the setting up of the
Agricultural Department of the Council
Board Membership:
Nasia Rice Company (1994- 1998)
Presec Staff Schools (1992- 1996)
Others:-
Chairman: Barclays Africa Managers Forum comprising 11 countries in Africa where
Barclays had operations.
I have over 30 years’ experience in the banking and finance industry in the West African sub
Region as a result of which I have developed a network of industry players from regulators to
banking practitioners.