{{Short description|Ghanaian diplomat}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jimmy Ben Heymann |image = |caption = |constituency_MP = |parliament = |term_start = |term_end = |predecessor = |successor = |office2 = Ghanaian High Commissioner to Republic of South Africa |term_start2 = {{dts|2006|}} |term_end2 = 2009 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = Lee Ocran |order3 = |office3 = Board Chairman of SIC Insurance |term_start3 = 2017 |term_end3 = |president3 = |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |birth_date = |birth_place = |birth_name = |party = |occupation = Board Chairman |profession = Medical Doctor }}
'''Jimmy Ben Heymann''' is a former Ghanaian diplomat and the chairman of the Board of Directors of SIC Insurance.
== Early life and education == Heymann is an alumnus of the Adisadel College and completed in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=Adisadel Old boys (Santa98) build African first Multipurpose Reading Complex for Adisadel College |url=https://wundef.com/adisadel-old-boys-santa98-build-african-first-multipurpose-reading-complex-for-adisadel-college/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Wundef.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He further went to the Alliance Francaise d’Accra and the University of Ghana Medical School.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Jimmy Heymann |url=https://www.cenpowergen.com/about/board-of-directors/36-dr-jimmy-heymann |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.cenpowergen.com}}</ref>
== Career == Heymann began his career in 1989 as a Medical Doctor.<ref name=":0" />
He is also the board chairman of the SIC Insurance PLC, a general insurance company in Ghana since 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=SIC.GH Company Profile & Executives - SIC Insurance Co. Ltd. - Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/GH/XGHA/SIC/company-people/executive-profile/156158485 |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.wsj.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 December 2021 |title=SIC Insurance Plc to pay GH¢3m dividend to shareholder |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/sic-insurance-plc-to-pay-gh-3m-dividend-to-shareholder.html |location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=7 December 2023 |newspaper=Daily Graphic}}</ref>{{fv|date=May 2026}} He is also a board member of Playsoccer Ghana, Global Railway (Ghana) Ltd, Corricreche, Crimson School in Akosombo and Aggrey Memorial A.M.E Zion Secondary School.<ref name=":0" />
He is also on the board of Cenpower Generation Company Limited.<ref name=":1" />
== Ambassadorial roles == From 2006 to 2009, Heymann was the High Commissioner of Ghana to the Republic of South Africa.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Sections |url=https://ghanahighcommission-southafrica.com/mission/our-sections/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Ghana High Commission - Pretoria, South Africa |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180803/https://ghanahighcommission-southafrica.com/mission/our-sections/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2006, he replaced Ellen Nee-Whang as the High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brandful |first=William G. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6eglzXVDcMC&dq=Mokowa+Blay+Adu-Gyamfi&pg=PA308 |title=Personal Reflections of a Ghanaian Foreign Service Officer - Whither Ghanaian Diplomacy? |date=2013 |publisher=Dorrance Publishing |isbn=978-1-4809-0006-6 |language=en}}</ref> He is also a former Consul of Ghana for Lesotho from 2006 to 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past High Commisioners – Ghana Consulate |url=https://ghinls.com/mission/past-high-commisioners/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207181014/https://ghinls.com/mission/past-high-commisioners/|archive-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref>
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Category:Alumni of Adisadel College Category:University of Ghana Medical School alumni Category:Alliance Française Category:Ghanaian medical doctors Category:21st-century Ghanaian businesspeople Category:High commissioners of Ghana to South Africa
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