Papa Arko Ayiah

Papa Arko Ayiah, CAMS is the Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Officer of ADB. He has 25 years of banking experience, all in the employ of ADB, and with 15 years of that in the AML Compliance space. He joined ADB in 2000 as an Officer Trainee with the Treasury Department and was on various schedules including Money Market Dealing. He also worked in the then Communications Unit of the Bank as a Senior Communications Officer. Before joining the ADB family, Papa Arko had a stint in Spacefon Ghana, now MTN Ghana, as a Customer Service Representative. Papa Arko is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a member of the prestigious Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), USA. He holds a Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) from the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana; a Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Law, Mountcrest University College (affiliated with KNUST); a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from University of Cape Coast and a Bachelor of Educational Psychology also from the University of Cape Coast Papa, in recent years was recognised by Ghana Association of Banks with a citation for his outstanding commitment to regulatory excellence through collaborative efforts with Bank of Ghana and the Financial Intelligence Centre. His contributions extended to impactful training programmes, anti-money laundering initiatives and market conduct policy reviews He is an active member of the Network of Heads of Compliance/AMLROs of Accountable Institutions (Banks) in Ghana. He is the immediate past Organising Secretary of the Network. He is also a member of the Compliance Officers Forum of GIABA Member States (COFGMS).