Bernard Mensah is the President of International for Bank of America
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, recently wrapped up a working visit to the Middle East and Asia where he has been signing landmark deals, including trade agreements with several Asian countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Among the U.S. president’s delegation is a Ghanaian man, Bernard Mensah, who was captured on camera in a discussion with President Trump and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.
Bernard Mensah’s older brother, Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of the Ghana Rugby Association and former Board Chairman of Asante Kotoko FC, shared a screen recording of the moment on Facebook.
Herbert Mensah captioned the video saying: “Bernard Mensah. Immensely proud of my younger brother. Proof of Ghanaian/African greatness and potential around the world!”
But who is Bernard Mensah?
Bernard Mensah is the President of International for Bank of America and a member of the bank’s Executive Management Team. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch International, the largest international subsidiary of Bank of America.
The distinguished banker is a board member of the Kofi Annan Foundation and co-chairs the Africa Advisory Board of The King’s Trust International.
Mensah holds a BA in Social Sciences from the Joint School of Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bristol and is a chartered accountant by profession.
Before his appointment as President of International at Bank of America in 2020, he jointly led the bank’s Global Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities (FICC) Trading business worldwide. He also served as President for the UK and CEEMEA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) at the bank.
Prior to joining Bank of America, Bernard Mensah was a senior executive at Goldman Sachs in London.
Below is a profile of him as detailed by the Bank of America:
Bernard Mensah is President of International for Bank of America and is a member of Bank of America’s Executive Management Team. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch International, Bank of America’s largest international subsidiary.
Based in London, Bernard is responsible for the development and execution of Bank of America’s strategy and extensive business activities internationally. These span corporate, commercial and investment banking, sales and trading, research and treasury services and associated support and control functions. He is also responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of the broad Bank of America franchise to its corporate and institutional clients internationally. Prior to assuming his current position in 2020, he jointly led the bank’s fixed income, currencies and commodities trading business globally.
He joined the firm in 2010 from Goldman Sachs in London, where he was a Partner and global head of Bank Loan and Distressed Trading, and prior to that ran the bank’s Asia Credit and Convertibles business, based in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Bernard co-chairs the Africa Advisory Board of The King’s Trust International and is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes better global governance to achieve a fairer, more peaceful world.
He is a member of the Stanford University Parents and Family Advisory Board, and previously served as Co-Chair.
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