The President, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, has appointed Mr. Kwesi Afreh Biney to head the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), which is mandated to manage the 1st Tier Pension Scheme in Ghana.
The new Director-General of SSNIT is an accomplished senior banking executive with over 25 years of extensive experience in Strategic Leadership, Financial Management and Institutional Transformation.
He has a proven track record of driving organisational growth, implementing innovative strategies and delivering exceptional financial performance across multiple banking domains. Kwesi possesses deep expertise in Balance Sheet Management, Revenue Optimisation, Cost Reduction and high-level Stakeholder Engagement, with a strong commitment to national economic development.
He has held several senior leadership positions, including Head of Corporate Banking at Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and more recently, Head of Commercial Banking at Absa Bank Ghana.
Kwesi is a Certified Chartered Banker (ACIB, Ghana) and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, U.K.). He had his secondary education at the Adisadel College, Cape Coast.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration from the University of Ghana Business School (Legon) and an Executive MBA from the University of Warwick Business School (United Kingdom). He has a strong christian background and is happily married with two children.
