Conrad Zinenuba Dumbah is a distinguished finance executive, governance expert, and international audit professional with over 15 years of senior leadership experience. His expertise spans global banking, financial controls, risk management, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance. Throughout his career, Mr Dumbah has driven transformative initiatives across Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Latin America (LATAM) for tier-one institutions including Citibank, Santander Bank, Barclays Bank, and PwC UK.

He is currently the Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), Ghana where he provides strategic leadership and oversight of internal auditing across Ghana’s public sector, ensuring compliance, accountability and sound financial governance.

Prior to the Director-Generalship appointment, he was the Vice President, International Finance Controllers at Citibank in London, where he oversaw finance control operations and led cross-functional teams across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. In this role, he provided strategic leadership in strengthening financial governance, optimising operational processes, enhancing risk and control frameworks, and ensuring compliance with international regulatory standards.

Prior to the above position, Mr. Dumbah served as Vice President, EMEA Finance Controller at Citibank UK, where he led regional teams in improving internal control systems, rationalising financial processes, and strengthening governance across multiple jurisdictions. His leadership has been instrumental in embedding strong controls that addressed major regulatory requirements, including Consent Orders and supervisory directives from United States, United Kingdom, and European financial regulators.

Before joining Citibank, he held senior leadership positions at Santander Bank UK as SOX Audit Manager, where he directed a bank-wide controls improvement programme and integrated governance controls into a multi-million-pound financial reporting transformation project. At Barclays Bank UK, he served as Assistant Vice President, Internal Audit, leading audits of critical banking operations and supporting enterprise-wide compliance and governance initiatives.

Conrad Dumbah spent nearly eight years at PwC UK, rising from Associate to Audit and Assurance Manager over four years. During his tenure, he led external audits, internal audit consultancies, Sarbanes-Oxley reviews, and fraud risk assessments for major banking institutions, multinational corporations, public sector organisations, and international clients across the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Sweden, and Hong Kong. He also served as an Audit Quality Reviewer and professional tutor, mentoring future finance and audit professionals.

His expertise encompasses international finance leadership, enterprise risk management, internal audit, financial assurance, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, strategic planning, organisational transformation, and executive stakeholder engagement. He is widely recognised for building high-performing teams, driving continuous improvement, and delivering sustainable governance solutions in complex, multinational environments.

Academically, Conrad holds an MBA with Distinction from Anglia Ruskin University, a Master of Research in Management with Distinction from Birkbeck, University of London, and a Bachelor of Science in Administration (Accounting) from the University of Ghana. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance and Accounting at Birkbeck, University of London.

He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds internationally recognised professional certifications, including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Certificate in Internal Audit and Business Risk (IACert), reflecting his commitment to excellence in finance, governance, and public accountability.