Beverly Banahene
About Beverly Banahene
Beverly Banahene is a Co-Founder of ZINC and the Founder CEO of Overploy, where she focuses on enhancing employee financial wellbeing through innovative solutions. With extensive experience in employee communications and marketing, she has held key positions at Virgin Media, Sky, and GE Healthcare.
Work at Zinc
Beverly Banahene serves as Co-Founder at Zinc, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she contributes to the strategic direction and operational management of the company. Zinc focuses on enhancing employee engagement and wellbeing, aligning with Banahene's extensive background in employee communications and financial wellbeing.
Current Role at Overploy
Beverly Banahene is the Founder and CEO of Overploy, a role she has undertaken since 2023. Overploy aims to transform the employee-employer relationship by providing a seamless payment system that allows employees to enhance their income through content creation. This initiative reflects her commitment to addressing financial wellbeing in the workplace.
Previous Experience in Employee Communications
Beverly Banahene has a significant background in employee communications, having worked at Virgin Media O2 as Senior Employee Communications Manager from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, she held the position of Employee Communications Manager at Virgin Media from 2017 to 2019 and served as Internal Communications Manager at Sky from 2014 to 2017. Her roles involved developing effective communication strategies to enhance employee engagement.
Marketing Communications Background
Before her focus on employee communications, Beverly Banahene worked as Marketing Communications Manager at GE Healthcare from 2012 to 2014. This experience provided her with a solid foundation in marketing strategies and communications, which she has leveraged in her subsequent roles in employee engagement and financial wellbeing.
Achievements in Employee Financial Wellbeing
At Salary Finance, where she worked as Senior Employee Communications Manager from 2021 to 2022, Beverly Banahene developed Employee Financial Programmes for leading UK retailers. These programmes addressed the financial struggles of frontline employees and were instrumental in inspiring the creation of Overploy, showcasing her dedication to improving employee financial wellbeing.