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Nana Esi Idun-Arkhurst (née Ghansah) Alberta Esther Adofo
Director, Commercial & SME Banking, Electrical Engineer
Fidelity Bank Ghana
Ellis House (Block B); M1 Class
Bellamy House (Block A); M1 Class (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry)
(Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry)
Member of Junior Achievement- Member of GUNSA
Studicare
Alumna of Kwame Nkrumah
Brillant Science and Maths Quiz, 1996 University of Science and
Zodiac sign: Aries Technology
Alumna of Kwame Nkrumah University Interests: Gardening, Reading,
of Science and Technology (B.Sc. Playing piano, Weight management
Chemical Engineering); The University
of Edinburgh Business School, Scotland knew I would attend Wesley
(MBA Finance – Chevening Scholar) I Girls’ High School; In fact, I
made that decision after my first
Interests: Reading, Current Affairs, encounter with an Old Girl. She
SMEs, Mentoring made a presentation to my primary
y time at Wesley Girls was the school and she was so confident,
Mmost defining period in my knowledgeable and eloquent that
development. It taught me that talent she made a huge impression on
alone is not enough; discipline matters me. I enquired of her from my class
– the discipline to focus on and achieve what matters most. Desiderata by Max Ehrmann best
captures my life motto. teacher who told me about the fact that she was a product of this great School in Cape
Coast that trained intelligent and confident women. From that day onwards, I made it
German Chancellor Angela Merkel embodies the kind of qualities WGHS instilled in me. I am my life’s mission to get the best grades in BECE to ensure my admission to this School
inspired by the relentless determination and discipline with which she worked to break the glass
ceiling in the male-dominated worlds of science and politics. She is a bold statement that neither that took in only the best and brightest; the crème de la crème.
gender nor field of study is a barrier to leadership – be it in science, politics, finance, or even I must say choosing Gey Hey was one of the best decisions in my life as it shaped the
communications.
woman I have become. I appreciate the discipline; I still lay my bed, fold my clothes and
One of the most interesting things I remember is Mr. Hutchful’s social studies class. For a whole arrange my closet like I learnt twenty years ago.
term, all he had us do was read newspapers and review the stories during the period. To confess,
then as a science student, I didn’t always see the point of these debates beyond thinking they were I am inspired by Aung San Suu Kyi, a determined and strong-willed woman who has
fun and a lazy teacher’s strategy to avoid marking scripts. Later on as I started my career, I realized sacrificed a lot for her country. I pray someday I can be a quarter the woman she is.
it was his way of building our critical thinking and presentation skills.
My favorite quote is by Marilyn Monroe:’ We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle’.
You would also be surprised to know that I met my husband on the Internet and we decided to date
after a series of online debates on African affairs. We now have two lovely kids and current affairs
still remains the icebreaker after a fall-out.

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