Patience E. Akyianu is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Hollard Group in Ghana and is a director of both the Boards of Hollard Insurance Ghana (General Insurance) and Hollard Life Assurance Ghana.

Patience is a very experienced and well-rounded business leader with strong commercial acumen and has over 26 years’ experiencein Banking and Finance having spent the recent 17 years in the banking industry before joining the Insurance Industry in October2018.

She previously served as Managing Director of Barclays Bank Ghana for 5 years where shebuilt a high performing and more diverse leadership team.

Prior to that, she was the Finance Director of Barclays Bank Ghana. Under her strong leadership, the performance of the bankconsistently exceeded expectations, culminating in its position as the most profitable bank in Ghana.

She holds an MBA (Finance) and a Bsc in Business Administration (Accounting Option, First Class Honours, both from the University of Ghana Business School.

She is a certified professional accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana.

Patience is also an honorary member of the Ghana Institute of Directors.

She sits on other boards, namely, the Apex board of the Jospong Group of Companies and is also on the Advisory Committee of the Ghana Infrastructure and Investment Fund.

She is a founding member of both the Executive Women Network and the International Women’s Forum, Ghana.