Int’l Bank Acting CEO Urge Graduates
Monrovia, Liberia – Graduates of the Banking Institute of Liberia (BIL) have been challenged to uphold and display customer service with integrity and ethics by Madam Jacqueline Williams N’Tow, interim CEO of International Bank Liberia Limited.
Speaking as the keynote speaker on Friday, July 5, 2024 at the BIL closing exercises, Madam N. Tow urged the graduates to never forget the principles and values that have guided their banking career path.
She listed their commitment to excellence, honesty, and customer service along with their integrity as what will set them apart in the competitive banking sector.
“The work you have decided to do is more than simply a job; it is a career obligation to help others, maintain the highest standards of morality and ethics, and contribute significantly to the development and success of society’s economy. Never forget the value of honesty, decency, professionalism, and customer service, and never stop learning. Let this graduation serve as a springboard for your continued education.”
At the University of Liberia Capitol Hill campus over the weekend, the Banking Institute of Liberia performed its two graduation closing exercises for 2023 and 2024. Of the 132 graduates, 63 were men and 69 were women.
The graduates came from a number of commercial banking institutions, such as Bloom, Global Bank/Central Bank, ECOBANK, and Afriland First Bank, Access Bank, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment, Guaranty Trust, International Bank, and United Bank for Africa.
Twelve short-term, competency-based courses covering system and control, banking operation, regulatory framework and compliance, credit analysis, internal audit, financial reporting and analysis, and bank tellering were successfully completed by the candidates.
In Liberia, BIL is a corporate training center with a focus on non-financial related courses and banking finance management. In order to provide players in the banking and other corporate and financial sectors with capacity-building and state-of-the-art training, the Liberia Banker Association (LBA) and the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) founded the school in March 2014.
After the nomination of Asst. Prof. Richard S. Panton as its first Director-General, the institute did not become active until April 2018.
In highlighting the significance of the institution, BIL Director-General Asst. Prof. Richard S. Panton stated that BIL was founded to develop and improve the capacity of entry, junior, and senior organized professional and academic certification courses in fields connected to banking and finance, as well as executive level employees in the banking and financial industries.
“We are also here to conduct system and procedure studies for the banking and financial industry in order to offer research and consulting services. To cooperate with colleges and other higher education institutions in Liberia and elsewhere in order to fulfill its goal.”
