Obed Amissah is a chartered accountant, a chartered economist and licensed by the securities and exchange commission (SEC) of Ghana with over thirteen (13) years of commercial and investment banking experience.

Obed joined First Atlantic Bank as Head, Asset and Liability Management (ALM) in the Treasury department, became the Financial Controller and was deputy to the CFO in the Finance department and later appointed as the Acting Head, Treasury where he transformed the treasury department and made it very profitable and competitive.

Prior to joining First Atlantic Bank, Obed held several important roles in the Finance and Treasury departments of GCB Bank PLC, CBL Investment Limited (erstwhile) and Capital Bank Limited (erstwhile) such as Head, Regulatory Reporting, Manager, Asset and Liability Management (ALM), Subsidiary Accountant and Investment Representative, GL Control and Finance Officer.

His exceptional skills and experience in Balance sheet management, Financial Reporting, business analysis and automations offered him the opportunity to play a critical role in the purchase and assumption of GCB Bank, UT Bank and Capital Bank as well as the merger between First Atlantic Bank and Energy Commercial Bank.

Obed holds a Postgraduate diploma in Management, Graduate diploma in Management Studies and an Advanced Diploma in Business Studies from the Institute of Commercial Management in the UK (ICM-UK). He also holds a BSc. Finance and an MSc. Accounting and Finance from GIMPA and KNUST respectively. He is also certified by the Ghana Stock Exchange (Securities courses) and ACI – The Financial Markets Association. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), Institute of Chartered Economists Ghana (ICEG) and the Financial Markets Association of Ghana ACI-Ghana.