Theophilus Ernest Anin is a Ghanaian lawyer, banker, financial consultant, and writer. He served as the managing director, 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 and Achimota School prior to entering Selwyn College, Cambridge where he graduated with his LLB 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, 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 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, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, The Gambia, the Republic of Panama and the Marshall Islands. He later served on the board of Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited, the Bank of Ghana, 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, 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
References
- Ghana (1974). Commercial and Industrial Bulletin. Government Printer.
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- Secretary, Ghana National Redemption Council Office of the Press (1975). Third Year in Office of Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, 13 January 1974 – 12 January 1975. Office of the Press Secretary to the National Redemption Council.
- West Africa. Afrimedia International. 1974.
- Anin, T. E. (2000). Banking in Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 9789964978631.
- Daniel, Ebow (1999). Mr. Registrar: The Making of an Amanuensis. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 978-9964-978-59-4.
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- Cambridge, University of (1982). List of Members – Cambridge University. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-25427-4.
- ^ Anin, T. E. (2000). Banking in Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 9789964978631.
- ^ Anin, T. E. (2000). Banking in Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 9789964978631.
- The Banker. Financial News Limited. 1963.
- Board, Ghana Cocoa Marketing (1971). State C.M.B. Newsletter.
- Eddie Agyeman, ed. (12 July 1969). "ANIN IS PROMOTED". The Daily Graphic (5841): 1.
- ^ Anin, T. E. (2000). Banking in Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 9789964978631.
- Nkrumah, I. K. (19 August 1976). Daily Graphic: Issue 8035 August 19 1976. Graphic Communications Group.
- Ghana. Information Services Department. 1977.
- Ghana, an Official Handbook. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1976.
- Elizabeth Ohene, ed. (14 February 1980). "ANIN QUITS". Daily Graphic (9117): 15.
- "Seven Appointed To Board Of Central Bank". www.ghanaweb.com. 2001. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- Canadian Mines Handbook. Southam Mining Group. 2003. ISBN 978-0-919336-60-5.
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- cassie (2013). "Theophilus Ernest Anin". GhanaNation.Com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Anin, T. E. (2000). Banking in Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 9789964978631.
- Anin, T. E. (1991). Essays on the Political Economy of Ghana. Selwyn Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9517242-1-7.
- ^ "T E Anin Books - Biography and List of Works - Author of 'An Economic Blueprint For Ghana'". www.biblio.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Anin, T. E. (1991). Essays on the Political Economy of Ghana. Selwyn Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9517242-1-7.
- Anin, T. E. (1993). Gold in Ghana. Selwyn Publishers.
- "Gold in Ghana". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Anin, T. E. (2000). Banking in Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 9789964978631.
- Anin, T. E (2000). Banking in Ghana. Accra: Woeli Pub. Services. OCLC 891425163.
- Anin, T. E. (2003). An Economic Blueprint for Ghana. Woeli Pub. Services. ISBN 978-9964-978-95-2.
- Hogenboom, Barbara; Jilberto, Alex E. Fernández (21 December 2006). Big Business and Economic Development: Conglomerates and Economic Groups in Developing Countries and Transition Economies Under Globalisation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-12576-0.