Alhassan Andani

Alhassan Andani is a Ghanaian banker who led Stanbic Bank Ghana for many years and became Board Chairman of Ecobank Ghana with effect from 26 March 2026. He is also a traditional ruler, enskinned Chief of Pishigu in the Northern Region on 14 May 2018, and a grandson of Naa Andani, who ruled Dagbon during the colonial era.

Early life and education

He was born on 24 November 1960 at Banvim, a suburb of Tamale. He attended Ghana Senior High School in Tamale and studied agriculture at the University of Ghana. He later earned a master's in Banking and Finance from the Finafrica Institute in Milan, an International Management Certificate from INSEAD and completed the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme.

Banking career

Andani started his career in 1984 at SSB Bank, now Societe Generale Ghana, and became its regional project manager for the Upper Regions in 1987. He rose to deputy managing director of Barclays Bank Ghana before moving to Stanbic Bank Ghana, which he led as chief executive and executive director. In August 2016 he joined the board of the mining company Gold Fields Limited as an independent non-executive director.

He has chaired the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and SOS Children's Villages Ghana, and has sat on boards including the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Ghana Home Loans and RLG Communications.