Naa Adorkor Codjoe

Naa Adorkor Codjoe is a seasoned Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Specialist and a Chartered Accountant. She has over 25 years of professional experience – of which 23 years is post-qualification experience as a chartered accountant. Her areas of expertise touch upon risk management, corporate governance, external audit, accounting, and business advisory services. She also has unparallel experience in leading ERM implementations, designing risk registers, risk frameworks, policies, business continuity plans and providing bespoke ERM training for boards and practitioners.

Naa Adorkor is a Board Member of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC, and she chairs the Risk and Sustainability Committee as well as the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. She also serves on the Audit Committee of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Naa Adorkor worked in assurance, governance, and advisory services for over 10 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in both Ghana and the UK. She also worked as a Risk Specialist with The Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, she has extensive work and study experience from the United States of America, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Benin. She currently consults in governance and enterprise risk management – including championing the rollout of ERM in organizations, designing business continuity plans, risk registers, risk frameworks and delivering bespoke ERM training for boards and practitioners. 

She holds a Master’s degree in Enterprise Risk Management from Columbia University USA, an Executive MBA from the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), an International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Economics from the University of Ghana Business School.

Naa Adorkor has also attended several executive seminars and training for industry leaders by the Harvard Business School. 

She is the Initiator of ERM Savvy and Risk360 Mindshift – thought leadership platforms for championing risk awareness and management. Amongst some of her consultative and advocacy work on risk management are conference presentations for key institutions like the Africa Federation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (AFIA), the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), the Ghana Police Service and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). She has also chaired and delivered presentations at the Risk Summit Africa conference for years. 

Naa Adorkor is passionate about developing and mentoring women and young people. She is a facilitator, a mentor and provides support to both the Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Africa (WELA) Program and the ABSA Young Africa Works Mentoring Program – a strategic partnership between Absa Bank Ghana LTD and the Mastercard Foundation. She is also the Initiator of Career Pathways Series – a career mentoring program for young adults in tertiary and second cycle institutions in Ghana. Through her program, she has nurtured many young professionals who are working in industry and with all the top four accounting firms – not just in Ghana but across the globe.

She was recognized as one of the 100 Most Impactful Leaders and Change Makers in Ghana for the year 2022; and she is the recipient of the HAG 2023 Honorary Award for Outstanding Youth Development and Coaching.