Mindful Governance etumi ahyia The Company Secretaries’ Summit mfiaseɛ, a ɛyɛ da mu no nyinaa nhyiamu kɛseɛ a ɛde nnwuma kyerɛwfoɔ (company secretaries), mmaranimfoɔ, board directors ne nnwuma nhyehyɛeɛ mu animdefoɔ a wɔwɔ Ghana aban, ankorankora ne aban nnwuma mu ahyia.

Wɔyɛɛ nhyiamu no Yawoada, 16 Kitawonsa 2026 wɔ Labadi Beach Hotel wɔ Accra a na ti asɛm no ne ‘Governance as Value Creation’, a wɔyɛee nhyiamu no sɛ ɛbɛma adwuma a ɛwɔ kɔmpɔni nyansahyɛ ne nsɛmbisa finimfini yi so aba soro, berɛ a akyɛ a ɔnni ɔman mu nhyiamu bɔnea a ɛfa wɔn nkuto ho.

“The company secretary sits between the board, management and stakeholders, and sets the conditions in which the most consequential decisions get made, from what reaches the agenda to when it arrives there. That is the level at which these professionals operate, and the summit was built to match it. We brought board directors into the room as well, because the relationship between a board and its company secretary does a great deal to determine whether an organization succeeds or fails, and the two sides rarely get a setting where they can speak candidly about it,” Catherine Engmann, a ɔyɛ Mindful Governance Hyehyɛfoɔ ne Managing Director kyerɛeɛ.

Anopa nhyiamu no firiaseɛ ne Registrar of Companies, Maame Samma Peprah, Esq., ne nsɛm, a ɔkae sɛ berɛ a artificial intelligence (AI) bɛtumi ahyɛ mmara so di nhwehwɛmu, board dwumadie ne mmara nhyehyɛeɛ mu den no, ɛntumi nsi animdefoɔ gyinaeɛ si, suban pa akandie ne fawohodie a ɛkyerɛ company secretary dwumadie no ananmu. “Berɛ a ahyehyɛdeɛ mmoa nneɛma foforo te sɛ artificial intelligence no, nnwuma nhyehyɛeɛ (governance) dennen bɛyɛ nea ɛho hia pa ara na ama nfoforo a wɔde ba no ada asɔremudie ne mfasoɔ adiesɛm adi,” ɔkae.

Nnwuma nhyehyɛeɛ pa (corporate governance), Registrar no kae sɛ, ɛyɛ kwan a ɛma nteteeɛ ne mfasoɔ wɔ sika hyɛ mu ba, ɛnyɛ mmara dwumadie kɛkɛ.

Nhyiamu no kasa ti kɛseɛ no firi Karl George, MBE, a ɔyɛ Governance AI Hyehyɛfoɔ ne Chief Executive Officer hɔ, a ɔdaa ananmusifoɔ no anim wɔ dwumadie mu a ɛfa artificial intelligence ne nea ɛde ba board dan mu ho.

Owura George de AI gye to mu ‘A mmiensa’ no baeɛ — automation, augmentation ne agency — na ɔde kɔkɔbɔ kɛseɛ maeɛ fa ‘shadow AI’ ho, a ɛyɛ adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔde AI nneɛma a wompene so di dwuma wɔ wɔn ankasa afiri so, nea ɔkyerɛe sɛ ɛyɛ asiane kɛseɛ a ɛyɛ ntɛm na nnipa nnim ho pa ara a ɛrehyia ahyehyɛdeɛ nnɛ. “Board ntumi nni afiri ho nimdeɛ a wɔnnim ho dwuma yiye. AI nimdeɛ a wɔbɛyɛ wɔ directors ne governance animdefoɔ ntam no seesei ho hia ma gyinaeɛ pa sie,” ɔkyerɛeɛ. Ɔhyɛɛ governance animdefoɔ nkuran sɛ wɔmma wɔn ankasa AI nimdeɛ so, a ɔkae sɛ boards ntumi nnhwɛ mfididwuma a wɔnnim mu asɛm so yiye.

Ɔfa ne fa no, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, Esq., Chief Executive Officer of Cyrus Law, kaa sɛ adwene a akyɛ a wɔwɔ sɛ governance yɛ mmara so die adesoa no nyɛ nokorɛ.

Governance, ɔka kyerɛɛ ananmusifoɔ no sɛ, ɛnyɛ ahyehyɛdeɛ no handbrake na mmom steering wheel, kwan a ɛma odwuma bi tu ntɛm, fa nkɔntɔnkyi a ɛyɛ den mu na ɛduru baabi a ɛrekɔ no dwoodwoo. “Governance mfasoɔ kɛseɛ biara da tebea a wɔbɛbɔ a wɔbisa nsɛmbisa pa, wɔhyɛ nkɔmmɔbɔ a ɛyɛ den nkuran na ahyehyɛdeɛ tumi si gyinaeɛ a ɛtena hɔ kosi daa mu,” ɔkae.

Ɔbɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ kɔmpɔni kɛseɛ biara a ɛhwee aseɛ no ti firi board dan a na nne a ɛbɔ ho ban no wɔmmu no, wɔagyae no anaa ɛnni hɔ.

Owurayere Engmann na ɔyɛɛ Board Dynamics Mastery nhyiamu no sohwɛfoɔ, a wɔde Contribution Compass nhyehyɛeɛ die dwuma de hwehwɛɛ sɛdeɛ suban ahodoɔ a ɛwɔ board pon ho no hyɛ kwan a directors ne wɔn ho wɔn ho yɛ adwuma bɔm.

Anwummerɛ dwumadie no kɔɔ nsusuiɛ ahodoɔ mmiensa a ɛfa nnwuma bi ho mu. Ankorankora dwumadie dan no, Adu Ampofo, Partner at Imara Gold, ne Amakie Strauss-Ashiabey, Deputy Company Secretary of Ghana Reinsurance PLC na wɔyɛɛ sohwɛfoɔ. Aban kɔmpɔni dwumadie dan no, Joyce Boateng, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance Manager at GCB Bank PLC, ne Sandra Thompson, Senior Corporate Governance and Legal Advisor na wɔyɛɛ sohwɛfoɔ. Som ma dwumadie dan no, Samuel Kumi Ayim, Founder ne Chief Executive of CTL Africa Leadership, ne Zoe Amarteifio, Manager at Trustee Services Limited na wɔyɛɛ sohwɛfoɔ.

Wɔhyɛɛ animdefoɔ nsia anuonyam

Nhyiamu no wieeɛ ne governance akandie pa a wɔgyee to mu wɔ nkyekyɛmu mmiensa mu. Wɔhyɛɛ animdefoɔ nsia anuonyam. Wɔn ne:

Company Secretary of the Year (Ankorankora Nwuma)

• Helen Amponsah Asare, KGL Group of Companies Ltd
• Paulina Akosua Danso, Esq., The Royal Senchi

Rising Star (Animdefoɔ Foforo)

• Gertrude Assan, Esq., Mainstream Reinsurance Limited Company
• Bernice Yaa Sika Afful, First Atlantic Asset Management

Board Secretary of the Year (Aban Nnwuma / Aban Nwuma)

• Trudy Lamptey, Labadi Beach Hotel
• Susan Gbemu, Ghana National Gas Limited Company

“Animdefoɔ biara a yɛhyɛɛ no anuonyam anadwo yi akyerɛ sɛ governance a wɔyɛ no yiye nyɛ adwumayɛ ho sianeɛ na mmom ɛyɛ nea ɛkanyan no,” Owura Yere Engmann kyerɛeɛ. “Yɛmoa wɔn ahyɛseɛ, na yɛda ananmusifoɔ ne mmoafoɔ a wɔmaa mfiaseɛ dwumadie yi yɛɛ yiye no ase,” ɔde kaaho.

Mindful Governance akyerɛ sɛ The Company Secretaries’ Summit ne Abasobodeɛ bɛsan aba afe biara wɔ Ghana corporate governance kalenda so.

Fa Mindful Governance ho

Mindful Governance yɛ corporate governance afotu adwumakuo a Catherine Engmann hyehyɛeɛ, a ɔde mfeɛ 25 kyɛn saa a ɔwɔ wɔ corporate governance suahunum mu baeɛ, a mfeɛ edu a ɔne UK kɔmpɔni ahodoɔ yɛɛ adwuma ka ho. Adwumakuo yi boa boards, company secretaries ne adwumayɛfoɔ akɛseɛ wɔ Ghana nyinaa ne mantam no mu de yɛ governance nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛyɛ na ɛbɔ ahyehyɛdeɛ mfasoɔ ban.