Theophilus Ernest Anin is a Ghanaian lawyer, banker,
financial consultant
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, and writer.
He served as the
managing director
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
, and chairman of the board of directors of the
Ghana Commercial Bank from 1972 until his retirement in August 1980.
Early life and education
Anin studied at the
Accra Academy
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and
Achimota School
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prior to entering
Selwyn College, Cambridge
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where he graduated with his
LLB
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in June 1956, and his Master's degree in 1960.
He trained as a lawyer and qualified in June 1959 as a Solicitor in England.
Career
After he returned to
Ghana
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, Anin worked briefly at the Lands Department of the Civil Service.
In August 1960, he gained employment at the
Ghana Commercial Bank as a solicitor and secretary.
From 1963 until 1972, he served in various managerial capacities both in Ghana and in the United Kingdom.
He was executive and chief manager (foreign) of the bank when he was appointed deputy managing director in March 1969. In 1972, he was appointed
managing director
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
of the
Ghana Commercial Bank.
He held this position until his retirement in August 1980.
After his retirement, Anin founded a London-Based international financial consultancy.
His consultancy gained contracts from
Uganda
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,
Kenya
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,
Zimbabwe
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,
Malawi
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,
The Gambia
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, the
Republic of Panama
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and
the Marshall Islands
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The territory consists of 29 c ...
.
He later served on the board of
Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited, the
Bank of Ghana
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, and City Savings and Loans Company Limited in Ghana, which he also founded.
Personal life
Anin is the brother of
P. D. Anin, the former justice of the
Supreme Court of Ghana
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, and the cousin of
Lucy Anin, the youngest member of parliament of the first republic.
Publications
As a writer Anin's works have been focused on the economy of Ghana, some of his books include;
* ''Essays on the Political Economy of Ghana'', (1991);
* ''Gold in Ghana'', (1993);
* ''Banking in Ghana'', (2000);
* ''An Economic Blueprint for Ghana'', (2003).
See also
*
List of Ghanaian writers
References
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Alumni of the Accra Academy
Alumni of Achimota School
Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Ghanaian male writers
Ghanaian bankers