Second Deputy Governer of the Bank of Ghana to take early retirement

The Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi has served notice of her decision to take early retirement from the bank with effect from 28th February 2025.

Mrs. Addo Awadzi was appointed on 12th February 2018 for her first four-year term and re-appointed for a second term in February 2022, ending in February 2026, in line with the Bank of Ghana Act, 2002 (Act 612), as amended.

His Excellency President John Mahama has accepted Mrs. Addo Awadzi’s decision to take early retirement from the bank with effect from 28th February 2025 and has thanked her for her service to the bank and the Republic.

The Bank of Ghana has thanked Mrs. Addo Awadzi for her distinguished service to the Bank and the Republic and wished her well in her future endeavours.

Brief profile of Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi

Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi is a Ghanaian international economic and financial lawyer who has worked professionally in various capacities in Ghana and internationally.

She was appointed by Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, as the 2nd deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana in February 2018. She is the second female to hold that position.

She was elected as Chairperson of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s Gender Inclusive Finance Committee in 2020.