Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, a business magnate and the head of Groupe Nduom, attended the 2022 Freedman’s Bank Forum on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, along with other world leaders.
The United States of America’s Department of the Treasury hosted the annual gathering of the top executives from the public, corporate, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.
To advance strategies that release the economic potential of Black, Latino, AANHPI, and Native communities, Secretary Jack Lew founded the forum in 2015.
It also gives opportunities to others that have experienced limits on their ability to fully participate in the US economy.
Dr. Nduom who attended the programme as a corporate attendee was also a participant in a VIP Private Sector Leader Breakfast (VPSLB) with Secretary Janet Yellen.
He was also made to join a special meeting with selected Treasury officers.
Corporate Attendees who graced the occasion are; Asutosh Padhi, [North America CEO, McKinsey], Christopher Gorman, CEO, [KeyCorp], David Clunie, Executive Director, [Black Economic Alliance], Eric Taylor, CEO, [Trident], Jeffrey Hirsch, CEO, [STARZ], and John Rogers, Co-CEO, [Ariel Investments].
The rest included Papa Nduom, Chairman, [GN Bank], Rajiv Shah, President, [The Rockefeller Foundation], Rip Rapson, CEO, [The Kresge Foundation], Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, [Micron Technology] and Sharon Bowen, Chair, [NYSE].
Speakers included senior Biden-Harris Administration officials, corporate and philanthropic CEOs, and leading advocates and practitioners.
Other Biden-Harris Administration Attendees are as Secretary Janet Yellen, [United States Treasury] Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo, [United States Treasury] Ambassador Susan Rice, [White House Domestic Policy Council] and Janis Bowdler, Counselor for Racial Equity, [United States Treasury].