Agbenya Yao Adotey
Accra
Summary
Accomplished cybersecurity leader with 10+ years’ experience guiding digital transformation and risk management in banking. Expert at building and leading high-performing teams, driving ISO27001 and PCIDSS certifications, and shaping security strategy at the executive level. Proven track record of reducing risk exposure, optimizing budgets, and elevating organizational security culture.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Information Security Officer
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2020 - Current
- Achieved and maintained ISO27001 certification, upgraded to 2022 standard to satisfy regulatory requirements
- Led PCIDSS implementation for card operations.
- Reduced security spending by $300,000 (2022–2024).
- Increased cybersecurity awareness from 45% to 85% over a 4 year period
- Maintained uninterrupted operations with zero cyber attack disruptions.
IT Security Manager
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Guided board decisions on Bank of Ghana cyber directive.
- Enhanced enforcement of security standards and procedures post-cyber attack.
- Fostered a positive team environment and managed conflict resolution.
Data Centre Team Leader
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2011 - 01.2019
- Led and mentored a high-performing team, ensuring operational coverage of 24/7.
- Reduced turnaround times for critical banking services by over 30 percent, improving customer satisfaction.
- Managed staff performance reviews and coaching, increasing team efficiency by 20 percentage.
- Maintained more than 99.8 percent uptime for mission-critical banking and payment services.
- Supported technical financial modeling for acquisition targets.
Systems Administrator
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2004 - 01.2010
- Achieved 99.8 percent plus uptime for core banking and payment systems.
- Delivered cost optimization through cloud and licensing rationalization.
- Enforced security and compliance via hardening baselines, MFA/SSO, and privileged access controls.
- Automated patch management, closing 85 percent of critical vulnerabilities within 30 days.
- Delivered disaster recovery readiness with tested failover (RPO 15 min / RTO 2 hrs for Tier-1 systems).
Education
Executive MBA - Information Technology Management
Paris Graduate School of Management
Paris, France01.2010
BSc - Computer Science & Mathematics
University of Ghana
Legon, Accra01.1999
Skills
- ISO27001/2
- CIS Controls
- NIST CSF
- OWASP
- CyberArk
- MS Intune
- LogRhythm SIEM
- Wireshark
- Cisco ISE
- Fortinet Firewall
- Trellix Policy Orchestrator
- Falcon CrowdStrike
- Imperva DAM
- Imperva Anti-DDOS
- Imperva WAF
- ISO27005
- ISO31000
- NIST RMF
- ISO27032
- ISO27035
- JIRA
- MS Project
- Team Development
- Change Advisory Board Member
Affiliations
- ISACA (Gold Member, Accra Board)
- Ghana Financial Sector Association of CISOs
Certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• ISO27001:2022 Lead Implementer
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
• ISO9001 Quality Manager
• ISO27001:2022 Lead Implementer
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
• ISO9001 Quality Manager
Timeline
Chief Information Security Officer
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2020 - Current
IT Security Manager
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2019 - 01.2020
Data Centre Team Leader
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2011 - 01.2019
Systems Administrator
Agricultural Development Bank PLC
01.2004 - 01.2010
Executive MBA - Information Technology Management
Paris Graduate School of Management
BSc - Computer Science & Mathematics
University of Ghana