Philip Odoom of UBA Ghana Elected First Vice President of COFGMS

Philip Odoom, ESQ, Head of Compliance and Anti Money Laundering Reporting Officer (AMLRO) of UBA Ghana has been elected First Vice President of the Compliance Officers Forum of GIABA member States (COFGMS). 

The election took place at the recent 8th Annual General Meeting of Compliance Officers Forum of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Member States held in Saly, Senegal on July 2nd, 2026, 

 The Compliance Officers Forum of GIABA member States (COFGMS) is an association of compliance professionals from the various reporting entities from GIABA Member States registered as a Non-Profit Organization limited by guarantee in Lagos – Nigeria and Accra, Ghana with an operational office in Lagos.

The idea to create COFGMS was consensual in 2015 during the GIABA Regional Workshop on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment for Financial Institutions and Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBP), in Saly, Senegal.

The Forum was formally launched in Togo – Lomé on November 30, 2018, with the approval of its Bye-law, at the end of the GIABA Joint Regional Meeting of Chief Compliance Officers of Financial Institutions/DNFBPs and Competent Authorities on Emerging Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Issues, held at Eda-Oba Hotel, from November 27-30, following by the election of the first Executive Council.

The Forum is an initiative of GIABA and is part of its continued efforts to strengthen collaboration among reporting institutions in the effective implementation of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) preventive measures within its region.

At UBA Ghana, we celebrate the achievements of our Lions. We congratulate Philip Odoom, Esq. on his election as First Vice President of the Compliance Officers Forum of GIABA Member States and wish him continued success in this important regional role.