Frances Adu-Mante
Board Chair, ABSA Bank Ghana
Frances Adu-Mante
Board Chair, ABSA Bank Ghana
Frances Adu-Mante is a seasoned Banker, Legal Practitioner, and Business Executive with over four decades of experience in Law, Banking, and Finance. She currently works as a Consultant at ROFAM Consultancy Services, a Legal & Human Resource Management Consultancy in Accra. Additionally, she serves as the board chair of ABSA Bank Ghana Limited, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of Ghana Business School Endowment Fund, and a member of the Council of the Presbyterian University College, Ghana.
Mrs Adu-Mante obtained an LLB (Honours) Degree from the University of Ghana and enrolled as a Lawyer in 1978 after obtaining a Professional Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. She also holds an EMBA (Finance) Degree from the University of Ghana Business School, Diplôme de Langue & Diplôme Supérieur de Français des Affaires from Alliance Franҫaised’ Accra, and a Certificate of Completion of Programme in United States Law and Legal Institutions from the University of Wisconsin, USA. Moreover, she is an alumnus of the INSEAD Executive Programme.
During her 25-year tenure with Ecobank, Mrs Adu-Mante held various portfolios, including Group Coordinator Ecobank Microfinance, Managing Director/CEO of EB-ACCION Savings & Loans Company Limited, Executive Director Retail Banking, Director/Head of Consumer Banking, Company Secretary/Head-Legal, Regulatory & Compliance, and additional responsibility for General Administration and Credit Administration. She also worked as the Senior Legal Officer for the defunct Bank for Housing & Construction.
Mrs Adu-Mante started her career as a Private Legal Practitioner and previously served on several boards, including the Board Ecobank Ghana Limited, Advisory Board College of Health Sciences, the Advisory Board University of Wisconsin Summer Programme in U.S. Law & Legal Institutions, Executive Committee Christian Council of Ghana, and the Advisory Board of the Presbyterian Women’s Centre, Abokobi, Ghana.
Frances Adu-Mante is ranked in Avance Media’s Inaugural list of Top 100 Ghana’s Women Board Directors collated in partnership with Acreaty Ghana.