Jimmy Ben Heymann is a former Ghanaian diplomat and the chairman of the Board of Directors of SIC Insurance.

Early life and education

Heymann is an alumnus of the

Adisadel College Adisadel College, popularly known as "Adisco", is an Anglican boys' boarding school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was established by Rt. Rev. Nathaniel T Hamlyn in 1910. Adisadel College is one of the oldest Senior high school, secondary schools in ...

and completed in 1973. He further went to the Alliance Francaise d’Accra and the

University of Ghana Medical School The University of Ghana Medical School also UGMS is the medical school of Ghana's first public research institution, the University of Ghana. It is currently located at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The medical school was first plann ...

Career

Heymann began his career in 1989 as a Medical Doctor. He is also the board chairman of the SIC Insurance PLC, a general insurance company in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

since 2017. He is also a board member of Playsoccer Ghana, Global Railway (Ghana) Ltd, Corricreche, Crimson School in

Akosombo Akosombo is a small town in the south of the Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, Ghana with notable street names of some African countries in the sub-region like Ghana, Congo, Namibia, Lagos-town, and Freetown. It is occupied by people of ...

and Aggrey Memorial A.M.E Zion Secondary School. He is also on the board of Cenpower Generation Company Limited.

Ambassadorial roles

From 2006 to 2009, Heymann was the High Commissioner of Ghana to the

Republic of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. In January 2006, he replaced Ellen Nee-Whang as the High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa. He is also a former Consul of Ghana for

Lesotho Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...

from 2006 to 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heymann, Jimmy Ben Living people Alumni of Adisadel College University of Ghana Medical School alumni Alliance Française Ghanaian medical doctors 21st-century Ghanaian businesspeople High commissioners of Ghana to South Africa Year of birth missing (living people)