Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom

CTL-E-2387 · Person · businessperson · 2016-

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Ghanaian businessman and chairman of Groupe Nduom; led the family's April 2016 acquisition of Illinois Service Federal and its July 2018 rebranding as GN Bank.

The record

Also known as: Papa Kwesi Nduom

Notes

RELP57 supporting entity (2026-10-06): created to ground affiliated_with/founded context for CTL-E-1251. Provisional pending primary (OCC/GN Bank) source.

Relationships

Illinois Service Federal Savings and Loan / ISF Bank / GN Bank — affiliated with
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, chairman of Groupe Nduom, became chairman of ISF Bank when the family group acquired it in April 2016.

Sources

Black Enterprise — Illinois Service Federal to change its name in July (2018)

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