Member Advisory Board
Lawyer
Frederick Kwame Asamoah is a Ghanaian lawyer, legal educator and corporate governance practitioner with more than three decades of experience spanning legal practice, university teaching and board leadership in the financial sector.
Biography
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Mr. Asamoah is currently pursuing a PhD in Governance and Leadership at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), where he earlier obtained a Master of Development Management (MDM). His master’s dissertation, Delay in the Judicial Process, reflects a long-standing interest in how institutions serve the public. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Ghana and qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at the Ghana School of Law in 1990.
LEGAL CAREER
Called to the Ghana Bar in 1990, he began his career as a research assistant attached to Justice Wuaku of the Supreme Court and as a teaching assistant at the University of Ghana’s Faculty of Law. He went on to practise with Fugar & Company, and since 1997 has been the legal practitioner at Nissi Consult.
For over two decades he has shaped the next generation of business and legal minds as a lecturer in the Law of Banking, Company Law and Partnership, and Business Law at Central University College, where he also served as Head of the Management Department (20132015).
GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE
His legal expertise has made him a trusted director and company secretary within Ghana’s financial services sector. He served as Director and Company Secretary of Priority Insurance Company Ltd, as Director and Board Secretary of ABii National Savings and Loans, and as a Director of JITA Microfinance; he currently sits on the board of Talent Microfinance Co. Ltd.
At AGIA, Mr. Asamoah brings a rare blend of legal rigour, academic depth and boardroom experience, together with a genuine passion for helping young people turn their ambitions into achievement.
Qualifications
LLB, BL, MDM | PhD Candidate, Governance & Leadership