Samuel Senyo Okae is the Chief Information Security Officer at the Bank of Ghana. His career at the Bank spans over a period of 15 years serving in the following capacities as Senior Information Systems Auditor and Bank Examiner, 2021-2022, and 2010 to 2017. In between these periods he was on secondment to the Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation as Head of IT where he was responsible for setting up the IT function of the corporation. In this role, he was responsible for creating and administering disaster plans that will keep the company functional in the event of a crisis. He also worked closely with departmental managers to determine appropriate procedures for a successful setup of the corporation as well as determine the rationale and methods for upgrading the company’s network software programmes.
In his current position as Chief Information Security Officer since March 2022, Dr. Okae is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the Central Bank and its employees are protected in the Cyber Space. He is also responsible for developing, implementing and enforcing security policies. The protection of critical data, implementation and oversight of the central bank’s cyber security programme are also under his purview.
As a finance and IT professional, he has over 25 years of experience in the industry reflecting strong leadership and organizational competence. Samuel has also over a decade of international work experience in the following capacities – Finance Business Change Analyst, IT Project Manager, Business Support Executive, Finance Administrator and Software Developer in UK and Germany.
In addition to his being a multi-skilled professional, Dr. Okae has varied interests. The author
of Eleventh Hour Worker, a book which focuses on ethics and excellence, he is a motivational
speaker who can engage effectively with all age brackets and also has lectureship engagements at the Ghana Communication Technology University and the Ghana Banking College. Dr. Okae was gazetted as a Lay Reverend Minister of the Victory Bible Church in 2006.
Dr. Samuel Senyo Okae holds a Master of Research and Doctor of Business Administration with speciality in IT Governance and IT Risk Assessment from the Swiss Business School, obtained in 2019 and 2020 respectively. He also earned an MSc in Software Systems Engineering from the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany in 2003. An old boy of Presbyterian Boys Secondary School, Legon, Samuel obtained his BSc in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Ghana in 2000.
Dr Okae also holds several professional qualification in the area of cyber and Information Security; These include; Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), Certified Network Defender Architect (CNDA), Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO), Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) , Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT), Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor certification, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Sarbanes Oxley Implementation and Compliance (SOX) and BASEL II Implementation and Compliance. Other areas of interest include Risk Management.
Dr. Samuel Senyo Okae’s interests includes reading, travelling and meeting people. He describes as a man passionate about success with a great sense of humour.
