CV Profile No.44576

Experience in the following industries :

• Advice, audit, accounting
• Banking, insurance, finance
• Food-processing industry
• IT, software engineering, Internet
• Real-estate, architecture, town planning

Professional experience

• Chief Finance Manager
• Gold Coast Fruits Ltd
• Since 02.2017
• • Playing the role of a business partner in the management of the company's P&L, supervision of the agriculture and production operational expenses and financing in Ghana together with providing production and sales forecast for Management and Board of Directors’ decisions. • Developing, implementing and managing the annual budget plans for all departments of the company and monitoring the roll-out of the budget plans towards achieving the desired targets. • Representing the best interests of the company with Employee unions in wage negotiations and third parties in line with annual budget, legal requirements, strategy and objectives as set by the Board. • Directing the finance and administrative workforce and leading a good work cultures within the Finance, HR, Purchasing, Logistic and Export departments as direct line reports and transforming them into productive and proactive support units. • Overseeing the training and development of employees in line with the approved annual operating plans and as stipulated within the Ghana Free Zone Authority’s Act. • Providing prompt, thorough, and accurate Monthly, Quarterly and Annual IFRS compliant Financial Reports to keep the Board appropriately informed of the subsidiaries financial performance and position.

• Chief Financial Controller
• CH GROUP -Real Estate
• 10.2013 - 12.2016
• • Provided timely advice to the Executive Management Team and Board on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities, and policy matters through quarterly state of Business Reports and presentations. • Established a shared service and financial information database centre to facilitate timely update of transactions from our co-located mining sites and branch offices paving way for quick daily update and generation of reports reducing monthly closure in Ghana by five days. • Oversaw, directed, and organized work of finance and operations teams of the real Estate entities and promoted a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality. • Implemented sound accounting systems and internal controls for the smooth running and efficient generation of timely monthly financial reports and successful migration to IFRS. • Reviewed and administered all contracts with external contractors and sub-contractors, suppliers and residential and commercial tenants of the company to ensure value for money. • Secured adequate insurance cover for all ongoing Construction Work-in-progress, completed properties and human assets of the company which safeguarded the assets of the company among others.

• Country Finance Manager
• Panafricangroup
• 07.2010 - 10.2013
• • Successfully performed as interim the Regional CFO for one year and led transition to new West Africa management team. Established the finance and administration set-ups in Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone including recruitment and training of key finance and business support staffs. • Successful completed the production of 3-year end outstanding statutory financial statements and statutory Audits which had been outstanding since the commencement of operation of the two entities in 2008 and restored financial credibility of the two entities in Ghana. • Secured a $16 million revolving LC facility with an international Bank and successfully negotiated a back to back LC with 4 major mining concerns as security. This greatly improved liquidity and profitability through huge savings in bank interest charges. • Successfully performed as the interim CFO for the West African Regional Office for twelve months and deputized for the Regional Chief Finance Officer. • Served as the company representative of the on Chamber of Mines monthly executive meetings and quarterly meetings of the Minerals Commission of Ghana as the licensing Authority.

• Group Busines Planning Analyst
• Africa Online Group, Kenya
• 04.2009 - 06.2010
• • Led central finance planning and analysis team supporting CEO, CFO and COO at the group level. • Worked with the group’s finance team of 14 finance managers/Auditors to ensure cohesive financial, strategic and operational plans across the group’s country operations. • Prepared the Group’s Monthly Management Operating Report (GMMOR) covering financial performance, CAPEX management, and other key performance indicators (KPIs). • Prepared monthly Group CEOs and Investors Relations reports covering Year-to-date financial performance against Budget and Forecast, new products/projects and acquisitions within the group, CAPEX utilization, key sales and commercial initiatives, compliance and Risk Management issues, non-financial information and Social responsibility initiatives in the month. • Reviewed and challenged group business case documents on new projects to ensure correct models and for reality of underlying assumption, commercial viability and their financial impact on the subsidiary and the group as a whole, using investment appraisal techniques and skills.

• Country Manager
• Africa Online Ghana Ltd
• 08.2008 - 03.2009
• Let the Ghana team to bid and win a two-year nationwide maintenance and customer support with a major Telco and Cellular Phone company in Ghana. • Developed a high performance sales and finance team to achieve disciplined growth and operational efficiency through shared service center with low cost center. • Expanded service coverage from Accra to Tema to direct market focus from consumer to Corporate to achieve sales growth of 10% p.a. at improved margins and increased cash flows. • Increased corporate market share from 4% to 10 % by targeted sales growth through resellers and EBITDA FROM -8% to 18% within 12 months. • Promoted strategic alliance with Competitor Firms to access and win major project bids and tenders by Governments Projects including CAN 2008.

• Head of Finance
• Africa Online Ghana Ltd
• 09.2001 - 07.2008
• • Developed and managed complex excel-based financial models for operational budgets, monthly operations result reports and cash forecast. • Instituted and lead weekly meetings of group finance managers to review weekly operational performance against plans/forecast. This helped to have first-hand information on expected deviations from month-end plans and for subsequent month’s forecast.