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Mr. Sola Mahoney is a graduate of Harvard University USA, where he obtained a Bachelors Degree in Sociology. He also holds a Masters Degree in International Affairs, Columbia University New York.

Mr. Mahoney has over twenty years experience in Development and Commercial Banking, with wealth of global banking experience with Citibank, Standard bank and Barclays.

He also had several years experience in public sector service with the Gambia Government, in the areas of economic policy coordination, capacity building for macro-economic management as well as public sector enterprises.

Mr. Mahoney is currently the Chairman of the Board of GigaGas Ltd and the Chairman of the Governance Committee of HelpAge Ltd.

Mr. Yusuff Abolaji is the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Gambia Ltd. Prior to his deployment to GTBank Gambia in July 2014, Mr. Abolaji was the Group Head; Internal Control Group, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he was tasked to Identify and evaluate risks in all the bank’s processes towards zero tolerance to fraud, irregularities and income leakages.

From July 2008 to October 2013 he has also served as the Regional Coordinator-Lagos & North/Abuja System & Control Group. His main task was to oversee all Audit, Investigation and Control activities in Lagos, North and Abuja area.

Prior to joining GTBank Plc, Mr. Abolaji worked for Access Bank Plc from May 2007 to July 2008 as Head, Audit & Investigations. The solid financial manager has also worked for United Bank of Africa Plc as Resident Control Officer from August 2001 to November 2006.

Mr. Yusuff Abolaji a chartered accountant also holds a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University Of Calabar, Calabar (2002) and a BSc degree in Accounting from Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye (1992). He has also attended several professional trainings and seminars both locally and abroad.

Mr. Adebanji Adeniyi is an astute professional of over 24years, he acquired consulting and auditing experience in Coopers & Lybrand 1996-1998, PricewaterhouseCoopers 1998-2000 & Arthur Andersen 2000-2001. During his stint at the Big 4, he garnered experiences within the Manufacturing, Oil and Gas and Financial Services Industry providing value adding financial statement audit, assurance & business advisory services.

Mr. Adeniyi started Banking at Lead Bank in 2001, rose to Deputy Manager/Head, Internal Audit with responsibilities for Inspection &, Internal Control functions, Implemented Control tools amongst other projects at the Bank. In February 2006, he joined GTBank, rose to General Manager & Chief Financial Officer, having responsibilities for the activities within Financial Control, Strategy and Group Reporting Division. He has diverse knowledge and vast experience in planning, implementing, building and enhancing financial health of Organizations. Possesses strong analytical, General Management, Accounting, Financial Advisory & Control Skills.

Mr. Adeniyi has worked on several projects with challenging objectives; GTBank Eurobonds issuance working with PwC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and White & Case, led the finance team in converting 3years Local GAAP Financial Statement to IFRS FS in fulfilment of the listing requirement of $825m GDR on the London Stock Exchange and championed GTBank’s full transition and embedding of IFRS & has represented GTBank at several Road shows (RS) and Conferences (CFs) both locally and Internationally (GTBank/JPMorgan RS, HSBC, EFG Hermes, Rencap, Standard Bank & Moody CFs.

Mr. Adeniyi is an Alumnus of University of Ibadan, graduated with Doctor of Vet Medicine Degree in 1995, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), bagged MBA in 1999 & HCIB in 2013. He has attended Local and International Trainings; Euromoney, Programme Certificate in Strategic Finance IMD Switzerland, Mckinsey Executive Leadership Programmes South Africa, Michigan Ross, Cranefield School of Management & LBS SMP.

Mrs Miriam Olusanya has over 23 years’ banking experience that cuts across Transaction Services, Asset and Liability Management, Financial Markets, Investment Banking and Investor Relations.

She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a Master of Business Administration (Finance and Accounting) from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. She has also attended several executive management and banking specific developmental programs in leading educational institutions around the world.

Miriam serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Limited. She is also a member of the Financial Markets Sub-Committee of the Bankers’ Committee, the primary interactive policy platform made up of the Central Bank of Nigeria and banks.

She joined the Bank as an Executive Trainee in 1998 and rose through the ranks until her appointment as Executive Director in 2018.

She is currently the Group Treasurer and Head, Wholesale Banking Division, responsible for balance sheet and financial markets activities of the Bank and its African subsidiaries, Corporate Finance as well as Investor Relations.

Mr. Benjamin Carr is a graduate of Harvard University USA. His professional career spans over thirty nine years, eleven of which were in banking. He is a financial /private sector consultant and as well, a capacity building consultant.

Mr. Carr is trained in Economics, Financial Policy Analysis and Management with practical knowledge in banking and research method.

He has also provided management consulting, training, technical assistance and research services for the Government of The Gambia, Ghana, USAID, local agencies of the World Bank, NGOs and private companies.

Mr Carr has several Board Memberships.

Daniel resumed in Guaranty Trust Bank Gambia in January 2021 as the Executive Director in charge of Operations, Treasury and Technology.

Daniel Attah holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from ABU Zaria and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ambrose Alli University in 1994 and 2000 respectively. He is a member of Chartered Institute of Management of Nigeria and a professional student member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

He has over 23 years’ experience working with Citizens Bank (now Enterprise Bank), Main Street Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria Plc and Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Ltd. He was seconded to Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited in 2015 as the General Manager in charge of Operations and Technology.

Daniel’s banking experience covers Clearing, Transaction Services, Customer Service, Funds Transfer, Domestic Operations, Remittances - Western Union, International Operations and Treasury Operations. Within these broad functional areas, he has handled specific functions which include cheque presentation and clearing, review of account opening forms, funds transfer, Branch Operations Head, customer service, reconciliation of ledger and accounts, investigations and resolution of customers complaints, preparation of audit summaries and schedules, customer third party transfers via Nigeria Interbank Settlement System, CBN funds transfer platform, settlement of interbank transactions, settlement of foreign and local placements and takings, settlement of treasury bills and bonds, customer and interbank FX transactions settlement, non-proprietary asset settlement, handling customer importation documents, payment for services abroad, liaison with Central Banks of Nigeria and Ghana and other regulatory bodies amongst others.

He has attended several local and foreign trainings including CITIBANK New York Seminar in California (2013), ICC FIT training (2011), Understudy of Offshore Banks Operations (CitiBank London, Deutsche London and GTB UK, - 2011), Structured LC/Trade Finance organized by CitiBank NA (2010), BASIS Software Training in Amman Jordan (2009), CBN Foreign Exchange Seminars, Personal Effectiveness Course, Fixed Income Securities trainings on Bond and Treasury Bills, Fraud Detection, Prevention and control training, Banking Operations and The Whole Manager (Facilitated by Human Performance Solutions).

Ms. Fatou Jeng is the Legal Adviser and Company Secretary of Guaranty Trust Bank Gambia Limited.

She was part of the first cohort of the University of The Gambia, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) students and as such holds an LLB.

She also pursued her Barrister-at-Law (BL) program in The Gambia and was called to The Gambian Bar as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of The Gambia in 2013.

Ms. Jeng commenced her legal career as a First Class Magistrate in 2012 and has also served as Chairperson of the Children’s Court.

During the same period, she has also served as a part-time lecturer in Company and Tort Law at the Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) Diploma Program.

Ms. Jeng has equally served as a deputy legal adviser of Ecobank Gambia Limited from 2014 to 2017.