SSNIT gets Acting Director General

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has a new Acting Director General since May 15, 2013.

Mr Ernest Thompson, the Acting Director General, has had a distinctive career in Corporate and Finance Law, Human Resource Management, International Finance Law Merger and Acquisition Agreements Transactions and Chain Manager Strategies.

A statement signed by Ms Evangeline Amegashie, Corporate Affairs Manager of SSNIT, and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said Mr Thompson holds an LLB (Hons) and a Barrister-at-Law Degree from the University of Ghana.

He also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales, Cardiff Business School in the United Kingdom.

In addition, Mr Thompson has a certificate in Finance and Investment Law from the North Western University of Chicago in the USA.

The statement said Mr Thompson has been with the SSNIT since 1982 when he joined the institution as a Legal Advisor and also acted as the Solicitor Secretary for SSNIT.

He handled additional general legal matters and legal aspects of SSNIT investment, the breadbasket of a pension scheme.

Mr Thompson, according to the statement, has been very instrumental in the conversion of the Social Security Provident Fund into a Pension Scheme in 1991, and also led the SSNIT legal team, which worked on the new Pension Law (Act 766).

It said by dint of his exceptional performance, Mr Thompson rose to become the General Manager, General Council, SSNIT, from 2006 to 2010 where he had oversight jurisdiction of the Legal, Corporate Law and the Insurance Department of SSNIT.

Mr Thompson was the Chief Executive Officer of the Golden Beach Hotels, a SSNIT investee hotel chain on secondment from SSNIT, the statement said.

“To add up to the array of governance exposure, he has served on various SSNIT Investee Boards as Chairman, Board Member or Board Secretary. Until recently, he was the Board Secretary of the oldest soccer team in Ghana, Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club,” It added.

Mr Thompson, the statement said, has been involved in variety of legal suits running up to the level of the Supreme Court of Ghana, offered legal opinions on various legal matters and was part of a team which negotiated investment related transactions for SSNIT.

Source: GNA