Daniel Wilson Addo
{{Short description|Ghanaian banker}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Daniel Wilson Addo
| birth_name = Daniel Wilson Kodwo Addo
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| education = Accra Academy
|alma_mater= {{hlist|Institute of Professional Studies|Manchester Business School}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Businessman|banker}}
| title = managing director of CBG
|spouse =
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Daniel Wilson Kodwo Addo is a Ghanaian banker who was managing director of CBG from August 1, 2018 to March 26, 2025.{{cite web|title=CBG MD named industry's most respected CEO |url=https://thebftonline.com/2020/12/14/cbg-md-named-industrys-most-respected-ceo/|publisher= thebftonline.com|date=14 December 2020|accessdate=14 May 2023}}{{cite web|title=CBG MD Wins CIMG Marketing Man Of Year |url=https://dailyguidenetwork.com/cbg-md-wins-cimg-marketing-man-of-year/ |publisher=dailyguidenetwork.com |date=8 November 2022 |accessdate= 14 May 2023}} He was appointed to this position after the formation of the bank in a merger of five distressed banks by the Bank of Ghana in the 2018 Ghana banking sector clean-up.{{cite web|title=BoG creates Consolidated Bank to take over 5 struggling banks |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/bog-creates-consolidated-bank-to-take-over-5-struggling-banks/|website=myjoyonline.com|date= 1 August 2018 |accessdate=14 May 2023}} He was formerly an Executive Director of First Atlantic Bank.
Early life
Daniel Addo was educated at Accra Academy and the Institute of Professional Studies in Accra where he graduated in accounting in 1991. Thereafter, he joined the offices of KPMG in Ghana and trained as an accountant. Addo obtained membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana and received an MBA in Finance from Manchester Business School after studies there between 2000 and 2002.{{cite web|title=Daniel Wilson Addo Director |url= https://www.cbg.com.gh/phone/daniel-wilson-addo-director.html|website= cbg.com.gh|accessdate=15 May 2023 |archive-url= |archive-date= }}{{cite web|title= Daniel Addo |url=https://gab.com.gh/daniel-addo/|website=gab.com.gh|accessdate=15 May 2023}}
Career
Addo was employed at Standard Chartered Bank Ghana from 2003 to 2004 when he switched to work for UBA Ghana. He was made the divisional head for corporate and energy banking on joining UBA Ghana in October 2004. In January 2009, he was promoted to the position of executive director, wholesale and retail banking.{{cite web|title=UBA to recapitalise before December 2009 |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/uba-to-recapitalise-before-december-2009/|website=myjoyonline.com|date=26 August 2009|accessdate=15 May 2023}} In February 2011, he was appointed as deputy managing director of UBA Ghana,{{cite web|title=Abolish Statutory Transfer Limit |url= https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/332657/abolish-statutory-transfer-limit.html|website=modernghana.com|date=6 August 2011 |accessdate=15 May 2023}} and a year later in the same month, moved to UBA Tanzania as managing director.{{cite web|title=Daniel Addo Heads UBA Tanzania|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201204161243.html|website=allafrica.com|date=16 April 2012|accessdate=15 May 2023}} Addo was managing director of UBA Tanzania from February 2012 to June 2013.
In July 2013, Addo returned to Ghana as an executive director of First Atlantic Bank then under the management of former UBA Plc C.E.O. Gabriel Edgal. At First Atlantic, Addo was appointed executive director, business development.
In 2016, Addo joined Gabriel Edgal as a partner at Oakwood Green Africa when Edgal ended his role at First Atlantic.{{cite web|title= Team - Oakwood Green Capital|url=https://oakwoodgreencapital.com/update/team/|website=oakwoodgreencapital.com|accessdate=15 May 2023}}
In August 2018, Addo was announced to become the managing director of CBG.{{cite web|title=Who is Daniel Addo?|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/infographic-who-is-daniel-addo/|website=myjoyonline.com|date= 3 August 2018|accessdate=15 May 2023}} This made him chief executive of Ghana's second largest commercial bank by branch networks. He is the bank's first managing director.{{cite web|title= We have money to serve you – Consolidated Bank CEO |url=https://starrfm.com.gh/2018/08/we-have-money-to-serve-you-consolidated-bank-ceo/|website=starrfm.com |date=3 August 2018 |accessdate=15 May 2023}}
Boards
Addo is a non-executive director of real-estate company, Mobus Property, which has Sam Jonah as executive chairman.{{cite web| title= Leadership |url= https://mobusproperty.com.gh/our-team/|website=mobusproperty.com.gh|accessdate=15 May 2023}} He also sits on the board of insurance group, Hollard Ghana Holdings and its subsidiary Hollard Insurance.
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