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Ghana Class

 


John Addaquay

John Addaquay, Director, The PURE Company, Accra. Currently, the PURE Company is all set to produce natural plant products for export, especially shea butter. Between 1993 and 2002, Mr. Addaquay worked as an export development consultant and a Director of International Business for TechnoServe. He has established an award scheme for needy pupils in a primary/junior secondary school in Kumasi. The scheme is now being developed into an NGO to cover the rural area of the Ashanti Region. Mr. Addaquay has a B.A. in Economics and Business Management from Eckerd College, Florida, and post-graduate certificates in Project Management from the Economic Development Institute, Washington, DC and Bradford University, UK. He is a founding member of the Ghana Jazz Society. As an avid musician, Mr. Addaquay plays the blues guitar and jazz pianos.

Frank Adu Jnr.
 Frank Adu Jr., Managing Director, CAL Merchant Bank Ltd., Accra. Since March 1990, Frank Adu has worked with CAL Merchant Bank, starting in its Treasury Department. Within 10 years, he rose to its most executive position. The bank is the first private indigenously founded merchant bank. Frank serves as a member on the Ghana Stock Exchange Council, the National Bond Market Committee, the Board of the Ghana Leasing Company Ltd, and he is a Trustee of the Okyeman Environment Foundation. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Geography and an MBA in Finance from the University of Ghana, Legon. He is an avid polo player and captain of the Ghana Polo Team.

Karen Akiwumi-Tanoh
Karen Akiwumi-Tanoh, Group Head of Strategy, ECOBANK Transitional Inc., Lomé, Togo. ECOBANK is a regional banking group owned and managed by Private West African individuals and institutions. Mrs. Akiwumi-Tanoh has been working with ECOBANK since 1990, initially as the Financial Controller. She became the Chief Investment Officer in 1999. Before that she worked as a Consultant/Audit Manager of Jarvis Irving in New York, USA from 1988 to 1989 and for Coopers and Lybrand in Manchester, UK from 1984-1988. From 1981 to 1984, Mrs. Akiwumi-Tanoh was a teaching assistant at the School of Administration, University of Ghana, Legon. Mrs. Akiwumi-Tanoh holds a BSc. in Business Administration and an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Ghana, Legon. She is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales (ICAEW). Mrs. Akiwumi-Tanoh was a member of the VALCO renegotiating team between 1983 and 1984. She enjoys tennis and swimming. Her other interests are languages, history, and education. She is married with two children.


Gloria Akuffo
Gloria Akuffo, Former Deputy Attorney-General and Deputy Minister for Justice (2001-2005), Republic of Ghana. The first woman to hold these positions, Ms Gloria Akuffo possesses 17 years of experience as a legal officer of the Agric Development Bank, and as a private practitioner from Ameyi Chambers in the areas of land, commercial and family law. She also has had much political experience in the recent past as a member on various committees of the New Patriotic Party: namely on its political, legal and constitutional review committees, as well as its vetting committees for the selection of the party's presidential aspirants. She served on the Legal Service Board, the Legal and Law Reform Committees of the Ghana Bar Association, the Ghana Airways Company, the Ghana Police Council, and the Divestiture Implementation Committee. Ms. Akuffo is an avid sports woman and a Rotarian. She graduated in 1979 from the University of Ghana with a B.A. (Hons) (Law and Political Science) and became a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Ghana and enrolled at the Ghana Bar Association in 1982. She is a founding partner in a private legal firm, Owusu-Yeboa, Akuffo & Associates, in Accra. She has been nominated to serve as Deputy Minister, Greater Accra Region of Ghana, and was the Chairperson of the AIDS Committee of the Ministry of Justice.

Josephine Amoah
Josephine Amoah, Commissioner, National Insurance Commission, Accra. Ms. Amoah holds a BSC degree in Administration from the University of Ghana and is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. She is a Chartered Insurer and a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of Ghana. She is a member of the Presidential Committee for the Promotion and Revitalization of Industry on a Sustainable Basis. Currently, she serves on the Governing Council of West African Insurance Institute of The Gambia, and Care International's Advisory Committee on Micro-Finance. She is a member of the National Health Insurance Council and also a member of the Presidential Commission on Pensions. Finally, she is a member of the Board of the Millennium Excellence Awards. She has made a significant contribution towards the development of insurance practice in Ghana through her active participation in a number of Insurance Technical Committees, some of which she has chaired. Until her appointment as Commissioner of Insurance, she worked with Vanguard Assurance Company Limited, one of the top Insurance Companies in Ghana for 22 years and rose to the position of Joint Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Amoah is the mother of two children.

Essie Anno Sackey
 Essie Anno Sackey, Country Manager, British Airways Plc, Accra. Since 1990, Ms. Anno Sackey has worked with British Airways in Ghana, first as a Sales Specialist, then as Sales and Distribution Manager, and now she occupies the top executive position of Country Manager for Ghana and Francophone West Africa. Essie is also the Chairperson for the Board of Airline Representatives Ghana, which ensures that airlines in Ghana have support and government recognition and its concomitant legal and regulatory bodies. Ms. Anno Sackey holds a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana, Legon, and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Samuel Appenteng
 Samuel Appenteng, Deputy Managing Director, Joissam (Ghana) Ltd. and Joissam Construction Ltd. Mr. Appenteng resigned as General Manager/Executive Director of Intravenous Infusions Ltd. on the 18th of February 2005. Mr. Appenteng holds a BSc. from the University of Science and Technology in Chemical Engineering. He then proceeded to Vifor S. A. of Geneva where he was trained in the industrial applications of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Mr. Appenteng returned to Ghana in 1986 and joined Intravenous Infusions Ltd., where he started as the head of the technical department and rose through to become the General Manager and then an Executive Director of the company. His many achievements include his consistent approach at developing basic infrastructural improvements and championing change as well as expansion of the company's production facilities. His managerial skills and strategic vision have contributed immensely to the growth of Intravenous Infusions Ltd. He is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Business Administration (Finance) at the University of Leicester. Samuel is also a Director of the GRATIS project/ITTU. Mr. Appenteng swims, plays tennis, and loves to read. He is also a devout Christian.

Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jnr
Patrick Awuah, President, Ashesi University, Accra. Patrick Awuah is the founder and president of Ashesi University, a small private institution that has quickly gained an excellent reputation for innovation and quality education in Ghana. Ashesi University, which began instruction in March 2002, is modeled after Swarthmore College and has principal strengths in business, economics and computer science. Prior to founding Ashesi University, Mr. Awuah served for eight years as a Program Manager in the Business Systems Division of Microsoft Corporation, where, among other things, he spearheaded the development of dial-up internetworking technologies and gained a reputation for bringing difficult projects to completion. He holds bachelor degrees in Engineering and Economics from Swarthmore College, and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. In 2004, Swarthmore awarded Patrick an honorary doctorate in recognition of his leadership in African higher education. He a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and the Tau Beta Pi national honor society for excellence in engineering. He is married with two children.

Ernestina Swatson Eshun
Ernestina Swatson Eshun, Marketing Manager, GABRHO Ltd., Accra. Ms. Swatson Eshun is a civil engineer who has lived in Angola, Algeria, and the Congo. Her company, Gabrho, produces and exports pineapples, and she has worked extensively to promote the export potential of Ghanaian fruit produce and products as an Executive Council member of the Horticulturists' Association of Ghana between 1996 and 2000, as Treasurer from 1999-2000 and is currently Gabrho's Vice President. She obtained a BSc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi in 1985, a MSc. in Transportation Engineering from the University of London in 1987 and a diploma from Imperial College in 1987. She serves as a member of the PTA board and the Strategic Planning Action Team for Community Service, Lincoln Community School, Accra.

Keli Gadzekpo
Keli Gadzekpo, Executive Vice Chairman, Databank Financial Services Limited, Accra. Mr. Gadzekpo is responsible for the operation of Databank's three primary lines of business: corporate finance, advisory services, brokerage and asset management. Since co-founding Databank, Mr. Gadzekpo has helped develop the capital markets in Ghana. Through his oversight Databank Brokerage Limited has become the leading brokerage firm in Ghana. Prior to his return to Ghana, he was a senior accountant at Stuart Petroleum Company in Washington, D.C. Before joining Stuart Petroleum, Mr. Gadzekpo worked at KPMG Peat Marwick in its Washington D.C. office. Mr. Gadzekpo obtained his BSc. Accounting from Brigham Young University in 1988 and is a certified public accountant (CPA), and a member of AICPA. Mr. Gadzekpo is the Chairman of the Databank Foundation and is a member of the National Bond Market Committee. He is a Director on the boards of Enterprise Insurance Company Ltd., Joy FM, and The Gambia Home Finance Company Ltd. He is married with two children.

Ashok Mohinani
 Ashok Mohinani, Executive Director and Chairman, Poly Group of Companies, Accra. Mr. Mohinani oversees all the business units of the Poly Group of Companies in Ghana and Nigeria. The Group is involved in the plastics and packaging industry as well as Electronics and Retailing and has offices in the UK, India, Hong Kong, China, Nigeria and Kenya. Educated at the St. Lawrence College in Ramsgate, Kent, he took up further studies in accounting at the London School of Accountancy in 1982 and completed his ACCA in 1984. He has recently undertaken the "Orchestrating Winning Performance Program" at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. Mr. Mohinani then returned to Ghana and was Sales Manager for Poly Products/Poly Sacks Ltd. till 1987. He became the Deputy Managing Director for the Poly Group of Companies until 1991. He moved to Nigeria from 1991 to 1998 as the Managing Director of SOMOTEX Nigeria. He returned to Ghana in 1998 and became the Deputy Chairman of the Group. His social responsibilities also include serving as a member of the board of Trustees, Postgraduate Endowment Fund - College of Health Sciences. Mr. Mohinani is married with three children, and enjoys reading, playing tennis, and swimming.

Kenneth Quartey

Kenneth Quartey, Managing Director, Sydals Ltd., Ashiaman. Mr. Quartey graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B.Sc. in Animal Science in 1983. At a time when most young Ghanaians were looking to leave Ghana, Kenneth returned from the United States to run Sydals, a poultry farm that also breeds horses and livestock, as a passion. Today, Sydals is the 3rd largest poultry farm in the country, with over 100,000 birds, and is one of the most modern and mechanized. Mr. Quartey also advocates easing government restraints and constraints on the agricultural industry, and bringing his peers together for thoughtful and deliberate discussions on issues at the heart of development in the country. Mr. Quartey is an avid polo player and has captained the Ghanaian polo team on several occasions. Kenneth cannot resist a good argument.

Kwaku Sakyi-Addo

Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, Freelance Journalist. Mr. Sakyi-Addo has been a correspondent for the BBC for ten years and Reuters for five years. He is the presenter of the nationally-syndicated current affairs program the "Front Page," at ten years old, the longest-running radio talk show. He has also produced and presented "Kwaku One-on-One," a head-to-head TV personality interview program on national television. Kwaku has written for Newsweek, The Washington Post, and the Economist. He has done exclusive interviews with the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and his predecessor, Boutros Ghali, Presidents Kufuor, Rawlings, and Jimmy Carter, Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir, ex-NATO chief Lord Carrington, Bono, Larry King, and scores of other Ghanaian and world figures in politics, business and the arts. Mr. Sakyi-Addo went to Achimota and Accra High Schools. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana's School of Communication Studies; the Thomson Foundation at the University of Wales, Cardiff; the International Institute of Journalism in Berlin; and the Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra. He is a Chevening Scholar and a Permanent Fellow of the World Press Institute at McAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Sakyi-Addo has won several awards, including Journalist of the Year twice. He is married to Georgette Barnes and they have two children. In his spare time he lifts weights and jogs.

Frank Tackie

Frank Tackie, CEO, The Consortium, Accra. Mr. Tackie has had over 25 years of professional experience as an urban development expert and urban designer. After an initial ten year practice in Ghana and Nigeria, he served with the United Nations Center for Human Settlements in Nairobi, in the technology and infrastructure division, where he undertook several projects in over 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Since establishing his own consulting firm, The Consortium/Comptran Engineering and Planning Associates, he has undertaken several key multi-disciplinary projects, with notable examples being: the first multi-story car-park cum shopping plaza for the City Car Parks Co., a redevelopment and investment Plan for Accra Central for the UNDP, preparation of a simple infrastructure plan for 12 secondary cities in Ghana for the World Bank, the Ultra-Modern Agbogbloshie market for SSNIT, the Airport City project for Ghana Civil Aviation, Urban 5, and the project for the World Bank. Mr. Tackie holds a BSc. in Urban Planning from the University of Science and Technology, an M.Phil. in Architecture from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, and a certificate in Project Management from the MDPI. He is an avid squash player.

 

Kwasi Twum
 Kwasi Twum, CEO, Multimedia Broadcasting Company Ltd., Accra. Mr. Twum is the founder of Ghana's premier independent radio group. Over the past six years, he has led Multimedia's fast paced growth, building its radio stations and websites into nationally and internationally recognized brands and acquiring two radio stations to establish a national footprint. Mr. Twum keenly supports corporate responsibility in social matters, and thus has established the Joy Needy Child Project and The Multimedia Scholarship Scheme for the Universities of Ghana and Science and Technology. He supports the University of Ghana's Jubilee Hall Fund, and the UNICEF National Partnership Trust. Mr. Twum holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Ghana.
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