Nana Adjoa Hackman

Nana Adjoa Hackman serves as a board member of FirstBank Ghana, the Ghanaian subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria, one of Nigeria's oldest and most established commercial banks. FirstBank, founded in Lagos in 1894, has over 130 years of banking history on the continent and a Ghanaian operation that has been part of the bank's West African expansion strategy. FirstBank Ghana serves corporate, retail, and SME customers with banking products backed by the capabilities and experience of a major pan-African financial institution.

Her governance role at FirstBank Ghana is complemented by her background as a legal professional, a combination that brings a particularly valuable perspective to banking board governance. Legal expertise is a significant asset on the board of any financial institution, where regulatory compliance, contract management, litigation risk, and the legal dimensions of credit decisions and product design all require board-level understanding. Directors with a legal background contribute to governance discussions in ways that help boards engage with the legal and regulatory dimensions of their oversight responsibilities more effectively.

Hackman's legal career has been built in Ghana's commercial law environment, and she has been recognised for her professional contributions both in law and in her boardroom governance roles. Her inclusion in legal and business recognitions reflects a career that combines technical legal expertise with the broader commercial and governance skills that board service requires.

Her recognition in the 2026 Avance Media Top 100 Women Board Directors ranking places her among Ghana's significant women in banking governance. The ranking examined board compositions across 100 of the country's leading institutions, finding women in nearly 26 percent of board seats, a measure of progress that still leaves the majority of board positions held by men.

Her service at FirstBank Ghana connects her to the governance of a bank that is part of one of Africa's oldest banking traditions, bringing Nigerian banking history and regional scale to the Ghanaian market while serving the specific needs of Ghanaian businesses and individuals.