Access Bank (Ghana) Plc. has held its 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to consider and adopt the Statement of Accounts for the year ended December 31, 2018 at the Marriot Hotel, Airport City, Accra.
At the AGM, shareholders commended the Bank for meeting the new minimum capital requirement set by the Bank of Ghana and improving its performance in the year under review.
Board Chairman of Access Bank Ghana, Mr. Frank Beecham, in his remarks said that the Bank’s performance in 2018 reflected good prospects as indications on the horizon continued to show growing potential and increased earning capacity.
Looking at highlights of the past financial year, Access Bank recorded an increase in Profits by 23 percent to GHS72million from GHS58million in 2017 while Total Assets grew by 11 percent from GHS3.2billion to GHS3.5billion. Deposits rose by 15 percent to GHS2.5billion from GHS 2.1billion in 2017 with Gross Earnings increasing by 12 percent to GHS544million from GHS485million.
Mr. Beecham stated that the Board was unable to recommend the payment of dividends to shareholders as it was duty-bound to uphold prudential guidelines from the regulator and its own internal guidelines.
“We have a made a good start to the 2019 financial year and are positive about our ability to declare dividend pay outs to shareholder in the new financial year” he concluded.
Speaking to shareholders at the AGM, the Managing Director of Access Bank Ghana, Mr. Olumide Olatunji referred to the past year as a period of growth towards the achievement of the Bank’s strategy to become Africa’s Gateway to the world and one of the leading retail bank in Ghana by 2022.
Shareholders approved all resolutions on the agenda which included the re-election of the Board Directors of the company, appointment of a new auditor and authorizing Directors to fix the fees of the Auditors.
At the end of the meeting, shareholders adopted the 2018 audited financials as presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the period.
