Asare Akuffo

Asare Akuffo is a Ghanaian accountant, banker and entrepreneur. He is the former managing director of Home Finance Company, now Republic bank a pioneer bank in the housing finance industry. He is the president of the Private Enterprise Foundation, the umbrella body of businesses in Ghana.

Educational life Akuffo holds a degree in Administration from the University of Ghana and a certificate in Housing Finance from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana.

Professional life Having worked as an investment manager at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Akuffo joined Home Finance Company as a member of the pioneer management team in 1990. He was appointed Finance Director in 1995 and later the Deputy Managing Director in 2003 when HFC converted to a bank. From the 1990s he had oversight over the investment-banking arm of the company with asserts of over 250 million cedis. In 2005 he was made the managing director of HFC Bank Ghana Limited.

Honours In 2009 he was elected as the President of the Governing Council of the Private Enterprise Foundation. The Governing Council of Private Enterprise Foundation is an authority body made up of representatives of all the major corporate institutions in the Ghana. 2015 he grabs lifetime achievement award The Private Enterprise Federation (PEF) honours Asare Akuffo for his excellence in leadership and efficient performance which had made the federation stronger as the pivotal voice of the private sector