Bank of Ghana

Bank of Ghana
	Bank of Ghana
Headquarters	Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Established	1957; 67 years ago
Governor	Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison
Central bank of	Ghana
Currency	Ghanaian cedi
ISO 4217 Code	GHS
Website	www.bog.gov.gh

The Bank of Ghana is the central bank of Ghana, in Accra. The Central Bank was formed in 1957.^[1]

History

In 1913, the West African Currency Board was created in London, which issued the West African pound, the common currency of the British colonies in West Africa.

The Bank of Ghana was established on March 4, 1957, which began operations on August 1 of the same year.

Officers

The first governor of the bank was Mr. Alfred Eggleston, the former Managing Director of BGC and an accomplished Scottish banker on secondment to Ghana from the Imperial Bank of India.

The first Board:

Alfred Eggleston, Chairman
Douglas F. Stone, Deputy Governor
R. S. Blay, Director
N. T. Clerk, Director
C. E. Osei, Director
R. C. Parkin, Director

In 1957, the bank opened six main departments:

The Governors' Office
The Administration/Personnel Department
The Banking Department
The Issue Department
Accounts/Audit Department
Economics/Statistics Department

References

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[1] "AFI members | AFI Global". 2012-02-20. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2021-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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