Ishmael Yamson

Identity

Full name

Ishmael Yamson^{[1, 2]}

Also known as

Dr Ishmael Yamson, Prof. Ishmael Yamson

Nationality

Ghanaian

Born

1942

Status

Active

Current roles

• Board Chairman (Non-Executive Director), Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Selected former roles

• Chairman, National Economic Dialogue Planning Committee, Government of Ghana (Office of the President) 2025-01^[5]
• Board Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank Ghana 2005 to 2018-06-30^{[6, 7, 8]}
• Non-Executive Chairman, Unilever Ghana 2016-11-01^[9]
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Ghana 2004-12^{[9, 5]}

Sources

1. Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) 2025 Annual Report - board profilesScancom PLC, 2026-04, primary source
2. Board of Directors: Ishmael Yamson, Board ChairmanMTN Ghana, primary source
3. PR 203: Scancom PLC notification of re-election and appointment of directorsGhana Stock Exchange, 2025-05, primary source
4. MTN to pay GH¢6.4bn to shareholdersGraphic Online, 2026-03-26, secondary source
5. President Mahama picks Dr Ishmael Yamson to lead National Economic Dialogue Planning CommitteeGraphic Online, 2025-01-26, secondary source
6. Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Annual Report 2015 (pages 30-39, board of directors)Standard Chartered Bank Ghana, 2016, primary source
7. Press release: Board Chair announcementStandard Chartered Bank Ghana, 2018-06-07, primary source
8. Emmanuel Kumah replaces Ishmael Yamson as Board Chair of StanchartGraphic Online, 2018-06-14, secondary source
9. Edward Effah is new Board Chair for Unilever Ghana LimitedCiti FM Online, 2017-01-04, secondary source

Change history

• 2026-10-26 Record published.

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