IMF assigns resident financial adviser to Bank of Ghana

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Leonard Chumo as a financial adviser to the Bank of Ghana upon request.

Funded by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the resident adviser is expected to provide technical assistance and help build the capacity of the banking supervision function in the country.

A press release from the Bank of Ghana indicated that “the Adviser’s placement is a continuation of cooperation in this area between the Bank of Ghana, the IMF, and SECO, that started as early as in 2015 and had already seen the assignment of a previous Adviser until 2018.”

According to the Bank of Ghana, the previous adviser contributed to some achievements which make the current assignment eminent.

The Bank of Ghana in the press release disclosed that the previous adviser’s “collaborative efforts include the passage of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930), the development and issuance of the Corporate Governance Directive 2018, and the Capital Requirement Directive 2018.”

Mr. Chumo, brings first-hand knowledge of supervisory work from leading central banks as well as previous technical assistance experience in the Western Africa region.

Mr. Chumo started his assignment at the Bank of Ghana on 6th February 2023 and is expected to stay for three years.

Among others, he will support the implementation of Pillar 2 and 3 of the Basel II/ III capital frameworks, as well as strengthen the Risk-Based Supervisory framework at the Bank of Ghana.