In two years, after joining SA backed IZWE LOANS, in 2013, Bismarck had successfully navigated the SA backed finance house through Ghana’s financial meltdown, grown its asset base by 416% to GHC155, increased branches from five to nine, replaced all its foreign investments with domestic investments to protect the company from foreign exchange shocks, and acquired a provisional licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to expand into a Savings & Loans Company.
Now the company is poised to do secured lending to include the informal and private sectors; hitherto all credits it offers are to public sector workers only.
1. He’s binge spending time with his kids, when not travelling.
2. He’s a fanatic Catalan (Barcelona FC) fan.