Kofi Owusu-Nhyira
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Kofi Owusu-Nhyira works at the intersection of regulated financial systems, public policy, capital, and operational infrastructure. Over the past two decades, he has founded and governed institutions across payments, remittances, insurance, and financial infrastructure— operating in environments where regulatory decisions translate directly into system behaviour. His work spans both the private and regulatory- facing sides of financial markets, with a strong emphasis on institutional resilience and compliance.
Kofi’s focus is on independent judgment, fiduciary oversight, and institutional resilience, with particular attention to liquidity, risk, IT/cyber security governance, regulatory compliance, and the long- term stability of financial institutions operating under macroeconomic and supervisory pressure. He brings a systems-level perspective to board deliberations while maintaining the independence, restraint, and objectivity required of an independent director of a publicly listed bank. His work focuses on how financial systems manage risk, pace liquidity, and maintain stability as conditions evolve.
Kofi has a strong multidisciplinary academic and professional background and has undertaken extensive legal, business, and executive education. He holds degrees from leading institutions in Ghana, including the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, the Ghana School of Law, the University of Ghana, and a diploma from the Ghana Institute of Journalism. He has also completed executive training at internationally renowned institutions such as Harvard Business School, the University of Oxford, and INSEAD.
Kofi is the founder of Nsano, a pan-African payments infrastructure company, and Eight Geeks @ Law, a specialist practice focused on technology and financial regulation, and institutional systems. He is also a lawyer qualified in Ghana, and a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Solicitors Regulation Authority of the United Kingdom.
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