Board Members

Mrs. Pearl Esua-Mensah is an experienced world-class business leader with a demonstrated history of working experience in the financial services industry. Prior to being appointed Chief Executive of GDPC she was Founder and Managing Consultant of Feniks Ltd (a business consulting firm). She was the Chief Executive of Media General Ltd, a group of media organizations in Ghana from September 2017 to September 2018 and prior to that served as the Deputy Managing Director of UT Bank Ghana. Other appointments include Group Financial Accountant for Parity Group PLC and Group Reporting Accountant for Kantar Group in the United Kingdom.

She currently chairs the Ashesi University's Board of Directors, having served on the Board since 2014 and headed the Board's Finance Committee till she became its chairperson in 2017. Mrs. Esua-Mensah has over 20 years global experience in a number of sectors including Banking and Finance, IT and Media. She has experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, total business reorganisations, strategy development and implementation, project management and development of operational systems.

Mrs. Esua-Mensah holds a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Ghana, Legon and an MBA from the Manchester Business School. She is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).