our Team
Mr. Joseph Robertson Afful
Chairman of Board of Directors
Mr. Joseph Robertson Afful has over 33 years of experience in banking, with 20 years in Credit and Marketing and 10 years in Banking Operations. He has spent 17 years in managerial position. He started his career with Social Security Bank (now Societe Generale Ghana) in 1982 as a front desk operator rose to assistant branch manager. After completing his first degree he came back to the same back as domestic banking operation and was elevated to Relationship Officer, Consumer/Commercial/Corporate Banking a year after rejoined the bank until 2001 when he moved to Cal Bank as senior relationship manager, commercial/corporate banking. From January 2004 to July 2005, he was the operations manager for the same bank until July 2005 when he joined United Bank of Africa as Investment Executive and later promoted Regional group head until he left in March 2009 to Access Bank Ghana where he rose to be Zonal Manager, Northern Sector. He was also a part-time lecturer at University of Education, Ghana.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Diploma of Education from the University of Cape Coast and Master of Arts in Industrial Management degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He has attended various courses including management of public finance at GIMPA, Credit Management by World Bank Consultant, Advanced Credit Management of Bad and Doubtful loan Portfolio Management, Syndicated lending at Ghana Banking College, Risk Management in Banking / Finance and Corporate Banking from CAL Bank. He is a financial consultant and has numerous experiences in advising real estate companies and oil companies in Ghana. He has a passion to advise start-ups companies.
Mr. K. O. Addo
Member of Board of Directors
Mr. Addo is a Member of Board of Directors and CEO of the Company. He has over 25 years’ managerial experiences including working as a Financial Manager with Susaslin Fashion Ltd in Antwerp, Director of Global Financial Networks Ltd/Goffin Bank PLc in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Operations Manager for Unity Monetary Services Ltd and Unity Link UK Ltd, London. He served as student union executive for 1 year with Birkbeck, University of London Students Union. Mr. Addo has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from HES Amsterdam School of Business (Hogeschool voor Amsterdam) and Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Birkbeck, University of London. He has done extensive research about laws governing housing and property ownership in Ghana. He has attended various courses and training in real estate in The Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Germany and Ghana. He has considerable experience in economic policy analysis and economic reform measures. He brings to the board a wealth of business experience.
Mr. Joseph Robertson Afful
Chairman of Board of Directors
Mr. Baidoo has a wealth of experience in management and corporate governance in more than three decades. Until his retirement from public service early 2015, he was the Head of Audit in a reputable company in Ghana. He started his career as a teaching in senior high school for some years after his first degree before joining PBC Limited, the largest licensed cocoa buying company in Ghana as an Accounting Officer. He rose to the position of Senior Director in charge of Audit. His outfit reports to the board of directors on all aspects of the company’s operations. During his twenty years role in audit department, he gained in-depth experience in corporate governance. He served in the committees that drew up all the five sets of three year corporate plans and also served as the chairman of the implementation committee.
He also headed a team to develop an accounting manual for PBC Shea Limited, a subsidiary of PBC Ltd. established to process shea nut into shea butter for export. He was also a part-time lecturer at Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA), where he prepared students for Institute of Chartered Accountant (ICA GH) professional examinations. He is also an examiner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana. Mr. Baidoo has a Diploma in Education and Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Cape Coast and MBA (Accounting) from University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. He is also a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana.
Management Team
Lewis Kwame Addo
Management Team
Mr. Addo has 25 years in managerial position to his credit where he develops, supervises and execute businesses models. For more than 8 years, he was the Director for Global Financial Networks Ltd/Goffin Bank NV (a subsidiary of Western Union) where he managed transactions over $80.0 million per year. While pursuing his master’s degree he was also appointed as an executive officer at Students Union for one year. After completion, worked shortly as financial manager for a clothing business in Belgium before becoming a full-time executive manager for Bellslov Estate Limited where he has attended numerous programmes for housing development and fairs. He had also worked as Operations Manager for Unity Monetary Services Ltd/Unity Links (UK), where he set up over 200 branches/agencies for money remittances offices across United Kingdom. His wealth of experience spans over 25 years in financial and management sector.
His expertise includes operational & credit risk management, quality assurance & operational excellence, process re-engineering, core banking application/technology implementation, KYC, AML & regulatory compliance, formulating policies & procedures, business transformation & change management, business analysis & project management, and recruiting personnel. He has extensive marketing and business development knowledge. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Management from the HES Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Voor Amsterdam) and Master of Laws degree from Birkbeck, University of London. He is a professional in every area of real estate development.
Charles Odoom
Management Team
Mr. Odoom is currently an Independent Strategy and Transformations Consultant and an Executive Director of Firstcode Management Services Ltd. Until very recently, he was senior consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana Ltd. He started his full-time corporate career in Nestle Central & West Africa as a Financial Accountant and later doubled up as Coordinator for a Compliance unit under the Legal and Tax department where he was responsible for optimizing the gains of the company as a free zones company. He holds an International Master of Business Administration degree from Nyenrode Business University with a focus in International Business Development and Strategy. He holds an Executive Certificate in Marketing from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA as part of his MBA studies and Advanced Executive Certificate in Project Management from Graduate School of Governance and Leadership, Ghana.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Administration degree from the University of Ghana Business School where he majored in Finance and Accounting. Mr. Odoom combines in-depth industry understanding and experience in operations with skills in consulting to provide cutting edge solutions to clients from both private and public sectors. Mr. Odoom has considerable experience in financial analysis, business development, operational strategy and project management. Key sectors include Financial Services, Real Estate, Energy and Mining and FMCG. He has served as a promoter and first director to a number of companies and currently serves on the boards of a couple of companies where he brings his industry insight and wealth of practical management experience to support these boards. His passion is to advise and coach start-ups.
Naa Joormo Akua Dedaa I
Management Team
Naa Joormo will assume the position of the General Manager for Marketing and Sales. She is a business entrepreneur with experience in sales, marketing and export trading. Until recently she was the Director of a clothing business, Susaslin Fashion Ltd, in Antwerp, Belgium. Prior to that position, she rose through the ranks to become an Assistant Director with Global Financial Networks Ltd/Goffin Bank NV in Amsterdam, a financial company, from 2002 till 2008. She has extensive experience in direct marketing where she worked as an agent for Oxxio Nederland BV and Euphony Europe BV. Mrs. Ntim-Addo had her bachelor’s degree from Hogeschool In Holland and did advanced management training at Select Management Institute in Amsterdam. She has attended lots of entrepreneur training across Europe. She is accredited with helping companies to build recognizable and powerful brands as well as optimize its full potential. She is also gifted with creating very strong customer relationships.
Mr. Oscar Mohammed Yusif
Management Team
Mr. Oscar Mohammed Yusif did Construction Technician Cert. I, at Kumasi Polytechnic, and Certificate II at Accra Polytechnic. He further went on to do Higher National Diploma (Building Technology) at Sunyani Polytechnic and Bachelor of Science (Construction Technology and Management) degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and a postgraduate diploma (Project Management) from the University of Ghana. He has over twelve years’ experience in the country’s building industry through employment with Trassaco Valley Real Estates Limited, one of the successful real estate companies in the country engaged in the development of large scale gated communities in the country. He worked as a subcontractor with Blackwell Realty Company Ltd, A-3 Company Ltd. Over that span of time, he has risen from a Site Engineer to the Technical Director deploying extensive construction management and prioritization ability that has contributed to achieving targets within stringent deadlines. He has worked several years with Ga East Municipal Assembly, Accra as Development Control Officer, where he is in charge of monitoring of building constructions and construction projects. He is a Corporate Member of Ghana Institute of Construction and a member of Ghana Association of Incorporated Engineers.