The Chartered Institute of Credit Management, Ghana (CICM) has conferred an Honorary Fellowship title on Mr Eric Appiah, Board Chairman of Atwima Rural Bank PLC at Foase within the Atwima District of Ashanti Region.
The conferment on Mr Appiah based on the governing council of CICM is in recognition of his distinguished management qualities, innovation, arduous work, tenacity, teamwork and excessive sense of professionalism.


The Fellowship Title was conferred on him on the the Second Ghana Credit Excellence Awards and Presidential Ball 2021 just lately held to reward monetary sector gamers and people who’ve excelled within the area of credit score administration.
The main goal of the award scheme based on the organisers is to encourage the monetary establishments and employees to exhibit sound credit score danger administration in addition to adherehence to banking rules.
The conferment of the honorary fellowship tiltle on him derived deep into his enviable monitor report geared toward motivating him to forge forward courageously along with his spectacular laurels and likewise to stimulate his colleagues in the identical business to emulate his shining instance.
Mr Eric Appiah informed Business & Financial Times in an interview that the honour accomplished him by CICM will encourage him to do extra and to attain extra for the business he finds himself in addition to difficult himself to aspire to higher heights and finally to influence society.
The Director of Banking Supervision Department of Bank of Ghana, Osei Gyasi, talking on the theme “Leveraging the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to boost Ghana’s Economic Development: The role of the Financial Service Sector”, pledged the Central Bank’s dedication to watch the altering monetary panorama and put in place measures to evaluate monetary vulnerabilities in different AfCFTA member international locations.
He counseled the organisers of the occasion for the nice job accomplished through the years for selling a normal {of professional} competence in sound credit score danger administration in Ghana.
The Chartered Institute of Credit Management, Ghana has a mandate to advertise the usual {of professional} competence in good credit score and danger administration in Ghana, by a wide range of initiative concepts that it had undertaken through the years as knowledgeable group, registered beneath the skilled our bodies Act 1973(NRCD 143).
CICM believes that banks should perceive the regulatory atmosphere, cultures and have the expertise and innovation platform to prosecute their mandate. In the consequence, Banks should assist Fintechs to push Africa to profit from the worldwide market commerce agenda.