Patience is a consummate Finance professional and results driven Risk Management expert with over 19 years of demonstrable experience in credit governance, risk management, project finance, innovative in credit structuring, product development for corporate and retail markets. She is a skilled risk manager with proven senior level experience in credit management and administration. Before joining First Atlantic Bank, Patience successfully managed the Risks Assets portfolio of over GH¢750 million and $250 million at both Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) as Director of Credit and Risk Management and as Head of Credit at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) respectively.

She commenced her banking career as a financial Analyst in 1997 and rose to the rank of Deputy Manager, Risk Management in 2006 with Ecobank Ghana limited. From 2006 to 2012 she played various roles in Risk management and Finance functions at Woolwich Building Society, European Social Fund in the United Kingdom and the International Bank in Liberia as its Head of Credit. Patience holds a Bsc (Hons) Business Administration (Banking and Finance) degree and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Ghana.