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Tamale, Ghana – Financial analyst and Chief Executive Officer of Nimed Capital Limited, Abena Brigidi has been nominated for the 2022 African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA).
ABLA is a flagship programme of UK based African Leadership Magazine which seeks “to recognise exceptional corporate practices and outstanding achievements in the African business landscape, as well as contributions to the continent’s inclusive socio-economic growth and development.”
Over 60 prominent individuals and institutions cutting across international, regional and governmental levels have been nominated in 13 different categories. Voting is open from now till June 3.
Abena who is founding partner of Nimed Capital Ltd has been nominated in the African Inspirational Business Leadership Award category alongside
Afua Asabea Asare, CEO, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Ghana, Nneka Onyeali Ikpe , Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nigeria, João Figueiredo, CEO, Moza Banco, Mozambique, and Hussein Abaza, CEO, Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt.
“This award recognizes and celebrates inspirational business leadership at a time of change. The recipient has displayed characteristics of energizing and creating a clear sense of purpose for others to drive strong performance”, ABLA website said.
About Abena Brigidi
Abena B. Brigidi(Mrs.) is a Founding Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Nimed Capital Limited; a leading investment banking firm in Accra.
Licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the National Pensions Regulatory Authority as investment advisors and pension fund managers, Nimed Capital has expertise in the areas of corporate finance, funds and investment management as well as investment research and provision of market data.
She is a certified Financial analyst and a thoroughly bred banker with over a decade of experience in the industry. Abena strongly opines that core attributes of teamwork, tolerance and trust are critical for leaders in translating vision and strategy into actionable plans for organizational growth. Her thought leadership acumen and strategic approach to business makes her outstanding in her field. Abena has had a stint as a Graduate Trainee at the investment banking division of Halifax PLC; a bank operating in the United Kingdom as a trading division Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. Halifax is UK’s largest provider of residential mortgages and savings accounts.
She joined Zenith Bank Ghana as a Customer Service Advisor in May 2005. And, after five years of experience as a Relationship Manager and Head of Customer Service at Zenith Bank, Abena left to join All-Time Capital, an investment banking firm in Accra as Vice President for Sales and Marketing with responsibility over marketing and new product development, where she spent another two years. As is her usual hallmark, at All-Time Capital, Abena successfully built a private and corporate wealth portfolio with her core value being client satisfaction. Her final stint as an employee was at Kariela Oil and Gas Ghana between January 2010 and August 2014, where she spent four years in the position of Chief Financial Officer before co-founding Nimed Capital.
Abena Brigidi holds a Bachelor’s Degree iAbena B. Brigidi(Mrs.) is a Founding Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Nimed Capital Limited; a leading investment banking firm in Accra.
Licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the National Pensions Regulatory Authority as investment advisors and pension fund managers, Nimed Capital has expertise in the areas of corporate finance, funds and investment management as well as investment research and provision of market data.
She is a certified Financial Analyst and a thoroughly bred banker with over a decade of experience in the industry. Abena strongly opines that core attributes of teamwork, tolerance and trust are critical for leaders in translating vision and strategy into actionable plans for organizational growth. Her thought leadership acumen and strategic approach to business makes her outstanding in her field. Abena has had a stint with as a Graduate Trainee at the investment banking division of Halifax PLC; a bank operating in the United Kingdom as a trading division Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. Halifax is UK’s largest provider of residential mortgages and savings accounts.
She joined Zenith Bank Ghana as a Customer Service Advisor in May 2005. And, after five years of experience as a Relationship Manager and Head of Customer Service at Zenith Bank, Abena left to join All-Time Capital, an investment banking firm in Accra as Vice President for Sales and Marketing with responsibility over marketing and new product development, where she spent another two years. As is her usual hallmark, at All-Time Capital, Abena successfully built a private and corporate wealth portfolio with her core value being client satisfaction. Her final stint as an employee was at Kariela Oil and Gas Ghana between January 2010 and August 2014, where she spent four years in the position of Chief Financial Officer before co-founding Nimed Capital.
Abena Brigidi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities from the premier university of Ghana as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in General Management from the university of East London Humanities from the premier university of Ghana as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in General Management from the university of East London.
Other Ghanaians Nominated
Three other prominent business leaders from Ghana have also been nominated in the African Business Leadership Awards. They are Chief Dr Daniel Mckorley, Group CEO, McDan Group of Companies who has been nominated in the African Business Leader of the Year category, Ms Patricia Poku-Diaby, CEO, Plot Enterprise Ghana Limited nominated in the African Female Business Leader of The Year category, and Dr Sangu Delle, Chairman of Golden Palm Investments Corporation nominated in the Young Business Leader of The Year category.
The African Leadership magazine is published by African Leadership (UK) Limited. The magazine focuses on bringing the best of Africa to a global audience, telling the African story from an African perspective; while evolving solutions to peculiar challenges being faced by the continent today.
Since its maiden edition in August 2008, African Leadership Magazine has grown to become a leading pan-African flagship leadership-focused publication read by over 580, 000 targeted international investors, business executives, government policy makers and multilateral agencies across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Europe and the US. It is distributed at major international and African Leadership events around the world. It is a niche and unbiased African voice born out of a desire to ameliorate the lot of Africans by focusing on individuals and corporate bodies that are known for their legacy-based approach to leadership.
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/Kusiele Ziem
