Dr Toni Kwesi Aubynn has been re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors-ARB Apex Bank, ‘mini-central bank’ of the Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in Ghana. Dr Aubynn has already served a three-year tenure on the Board, and was re-elected for another term at a Board Meeting held in Accra this week.
He first joined the ARB Apex Bank Board of Directors in January 2021 as a representative of the Western Region Chapter of the Association of Rural Banks (ARB), where he serves as a Council Member and Board Chairman of Amenfiman Rural Bank.
He has served as Director and Chairman-Board of Directors, Amenfiman Rural Bank, for several years; where he helped to grow the Wassa-Akropong-based bank with modest fortunes into the RCB with the biggest balance sheet and branch network.
He has been instrumental in structuring the recent strategic plan of ARB Apex Bank, which has sought to reposition the bank as strategic partner for Rural and Community Banks in the country. He has ensured that modern and Information and Communications Technology-enabled services are introduced by all rural banks in the country to provide value and convenience to the more than six million customers of RCBs.
ARB Apex Bank, the ‘mini-central bank’ of RCBs, is headquartered at Ridge in Accra and has 10 other operational centres in the regions – providing cash management services, training, advisory, mini-regulation, and provision of payment instruments to third parties on behalf of member-banks.
About Dr. Toni Aubynn
Recently called to the Ghana Bar, Dr. Aubynn has over 20 years of Senior Management experience spanning the mining industry (both gold mining, oil and gas). He has demonstrable management experience in both policy formulation and regulation as Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Minerals Commission; Chief Executive Officer-Ghana Chamber of Mines; Human Resources and Corporate Affairs Management in his role as Director-Corporate Affairs, Tullow Ghana Limited; Head, Corporate Affairs and Social Development-Goldfields Ghana Limited; and Head-Human Resources and Local Affairs (Abosso Goldfields Limited).
Dr. Aubynn’s expertise in mining policy formulation has been sought for projects in Cameroon, Tanzania, Haiti and the Republic of Congo. He also has banking experience, having worked with the erstwhile Ghana Cooperative Bank.
Education
Dr. Aubynn holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Tampere, and was a PhD Fellow at the United Nations University, IAS-Tokyo. He was awarded a DBA (Honoris Causa) Oil and Gas by the Commonwealth University of London, and was recently admitted to the Ghana Bar.
