Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited Head Office Located Within the Central Business District in Accra
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About us We are Ghana’s premier bank, and a member of a leading international group, with about 1000 employees and a 120-year presence in the country. We bank the people and companies driving investment, trade and the creation of wealth in Ghana. Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, Here for good. Standard Chartered Ghana Limited is listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). For more information please visit sc.com/gh Facebook.com/standardcharteredGH Unless otherwise stated, “The Group” or “Group” used in this document refers to Standard Chartered PLC. Cover: Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited head office located within the central business district in Accra 2 Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited Annual Report 2015 Country Country overview overview Notice and agenda 04 Our performance 05 Operating and reportStrategic financial Chairman’s statement 08 review Chief Executive’s review 10 Our business 14 – Who we are 14 – Our strategy and business model 15 – Key performance indicators 18 – People 20 – Community engagement 23 – Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited in 2015 24 Corporate Corporate information 28 governance Corporate governance Board of directors 30 Management team 33 Financial Report of the directors 40 notes and statements Financial statements Independent auditor’s report 42 and notes Statement of profit and loss 43 Statement of other comprehensive income 44 Statement of financial position 45 Statement of changes in equity 46 Statement of cash flows 47 Notes to the financial statements 48 Supplementary 5-year financial summary 85 Supplementary information information Proxy form 86 3 Notice and Agenda Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited will be held at the National Theatre, opposite the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park, Accra on Tuesday 7th June 2016 at 11.00 a.m for the ordinary business of the Company. Agenda 1. To receive and consider the reports of the directors and auditors, the balance sheet as at 31st December, 2015 together with the profit and loss and income surplus accounts for the year ended on that date. 2. To declare a dividend for the year ended December 31, 2015 3. To elect directors 4. To approve directors’ remuneration. 5. To approve the remuneration of the auditors. Dated this 11th day of February, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD ANGELA NAA SAKUA OKAI (COMPANY SECRETARY) Note: A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her. Such a proxy need not be a member of the Company. A form of proxy is attached. Please see page 87 of the report. 4 Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited Annual Report 2015 OurOur performance Repositioning the bank in a challenging environment Return on Operating income Prot before equity % GH¢million tax Gh¢million 43 522 531 273 275 420 40 12 91 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 Total assets Earnings per Dividend GH¢million share GH¢ per share GH¢ 3,506 3,369 2,988 1.77 1.78 1.15 0.35 0.37 0.55 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 Advances-to-deposits Capital Liquid asset ratio % ratio % adequacy ratio % 55 56 57 23 63 65 50 16 15 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 5 Operating and financial review Strategic reportStrategic Chairman’s statement 08 Chief Executive’s review 10 Our business 14 – Who we are – Our strategy and business model 15 – Key performance indicators 18 – People 20 – Community engagement 23 Standard Chartered Bank Limited in 2015 24 Chairman’s statement Taking action to restore shareholder returns “ The Board is confident that with the expected rebound in Ghana’s economy over the medium term, the Bank’s operating performance and shareholder returns will be restored to an attractive growth trajectory“ in line with market expectations. Ishmael Yamson, Chairman Earnings per share Dividend per share GH¢ 0.55 GH¢ 0.37 2014: GH¢1.78 2014: GH¢0.35 Distinguished Shareholders, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bank the opportunity and space to focus on those I have pleasure once again in welcoming you to the actions required to regroup and rebound the business. 2015 Annual General Meeting of your Company. Clear actions are already being taken. Most of the loans Our results this year clearly show that the Bank had have been restructured and recoveries have started. some real challenges during 2015. There is no Without providing for the impaired loans, we could have denying that on the surface the results look lost long-standing valuable clients whose real challenge disappointing – for us your directors and you our was an economy in great difficulty. shareholders. While businesses will see Besides, as you may also be aware the Bank globally performance ebb and flow over time, many of the has undertaken major internal re-organisation and issues we faced last year were largely extraneous strategy revisions in the last 18 months in response to but also internal structural issues which require the changing risk models of global banks, especially urgent action and we are already taking those regarding capitalisation rules. actions. These changes inevitably led to modifications to our In 2015, Ghana witnessed perhaps one of the worst internal structures and operating policies and unstable macro-economic environment in recent years procedures, thus slowing the business momentum with high exchange rate volatility, steep depreciation of while the business adjusted and re-aligned to the new the cedi, rising inflation leading to high interest rates operating framework. and above all the extended energy crisis with its destructive impact on businesses. Additionally, in the external environment three global economic developments, i.e. The combined effect of all these developments were destabilizing not only to the Bank, but even more - the collapse of world commodity prices, especially especially our clients whose operating cycles were crude oil, extended beyond their ability to manage their finances - the weakening of the Chinese economy and its effectively. In the process many were unable to meet their obligations to the Bank culminating in the short impact on economies all over the world, and term high impairment provision for the year. - the volatilities of the global financial market We believe that the action we took to de-risk the book all had serious implications for the world economy. The was most prudent. Providing for the impaired loans country’s inability to respond proactively and on time, does not mean the monies have been lost but it provides as well as the inconsistencies in many of the policy 8 Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited Annual Report 2015 responses made the situation for Ghana even worse. Board is recommending a higher dividend at GH¢0.37 The reality is that these events described above, per share compared to GH¢0.35 paid out last year. We whether local or global in origin, were formidable in will not make any profit retention from our 2015 profits. nature as they ultimately terminated as capital, liquidity, Board Changes: operational and credit risks, for banks. It was therefore During the course of 2015, Anil Dua, a Non-Executive our responsibility to carefully balance the demands and Director and Dayo Omolukun, Chief Financial Officer expectations of all our stakeholders with the associated and Executive Director both left the Bank. We have also industry and unique business risks. We had to carefully had two additions to the Board. Felix Addo the manage and protect the franchise from damage as we immediate past Country Senior Partner of navigated the business through the peaks and troughs PricewaterhouseCoopers (Ghana) Limited joined the of the business cycle. We believe that most of the board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on actions we took internally are in the right direction, as August 6, 2015. David Adepoju, the Head of Financial they will allow us to build a more robust and sustainable Markets, Nigeria and West Africa was appointed as a business for the future. With Ghana under the Non-Executive Director on February 11, 2016. We will International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and the announce Mr. Omolukun’s replacement in due course. tough demands from the front loaded fiscal consolidation and tight monetary policy stance, we trust that the Summary: government will stay on course to correct the prevailing The challenging operating environment continues to economic imbalance. persist in 2016. While the local market volatility seems Business Performance: to be stabilizing, global commodity prices have slumped since the beginning of the year. Even if there appears to Operating income increased marginally by 2 percent be some recovery, there is still a general slowdown in from GH¢521.7 million to GH¢531.1 million. Profit before business activity. This together with the usual tax declined by 67 per cent from 2014 to GH¢91 million uncertainties associated with an election year, can with profit after tax declining by 68 per cent to dampen overall growth prospects for Ghana in 2016. GH¢66.1 million. Nevertheless our performance outlook for 2016 remains As already indicated above, the most obvious influencing positive although our posture will remain cautious. We factor to our 2015 operating result was the level of loan will continue to focus on executing our strategy within impairment charge. During 2015, the loan impairment our defined risk appetite that is aligned to the prevailing charge went up to GH¢212.7 million, representing economic conditions and the operating environment, growth of 333 per cent relative to 2014, mainly as a while we also devote equal attention to restructuring result of the significant level of distressed assets on our and recovery of the impaired assets.