Executive Council / Team

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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Anthony Pile
Executive Chairman, Blue Skies.
BOARD CHAIRMAN
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Steven Gray
UK Export Finance Representative, West & Central Africa.
BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN
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Alice Asafu-Adjaye

Principal Architect, Mustard.
MEMBER
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Audrey Mensah

Managing Director, Indelible Limited.
MEMBER
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John Addo Kufour
CEO, African Regent Hotel.
MEMBER
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Theophilus Tawiah

Managing Partner, Wts Nobisfields.
MEMBER

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Benedict Rich
Managing Director, Golden Exotics.
MEMBER
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Michael Gyapah

MD, G4S Ghana.
MEMBER
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Rosemary Beryl Archer

Deputy CEO Banking/Business, Ghana EXIM Bank
MEMBER

Denya

Maebelle Denya Nortey

General Manager & Divisional Head (Marketing), Zenith Bank
MEMBER
Abeku-Gyan-Quansah

Abeku Gyan-Quansah

Partner, PwC Ghana
MEMBER

George-Owusu-Ansah
George Owusu-Ansah
Managing Director, Unilever Ghana PLC MEMBER

UK-BASED ADVISORY BOARD

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Paul Akwaboah
Partner, Access Media Group.
CHAIRMAN
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Doug Lacey

Senior Advisor, LeapFrog Strategic Africa Investments.
MEMBER
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Linda Wayoe

Partner, Access Media Group.
MEMBER

TEAM

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Adjoba Kyiamah

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sara-Adelaide-Odamtten

Sara-Adelaide Odamtten

HEAD OF TRADE

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Joscelyne Ahiable

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Evans

Evans Gyakye

OFFICE MANAGER

Mina-Pokuaa-Agyeman

Mina Pokuaa Agyemang

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Pearl-Stan-Deh

Pearl Stan-Deh

MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EVENTS MANAGER

Immaculata-King

Immaculata King

TRADE SERVICES MANAGER

Afiba-Dza

Afiba Dzah

HEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

PATRONS

H.E-Harriet-Clare-Thompson

Harriet Clare Thompson (H.E)

UK High Commissioner to Ghana.
PATRON
Ghana-High-Commissioner-to-the-UK-&-NI

Papa Owusu-Ankomah (H.E)

Ghana High Commissioner to the UK & NI PATRON

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BIO
Anthony Pile is the Founder and Chairman of Blue Skies, which he set up in Nsawam in 1997. The business has factories in Ghana, Benin, South Africa, Brazil and UK and employs over 5,000 people. It manufactures fruit products for the retailers of UK and Europe such as Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda,Aldi, Amazon and Ocado.

Mr. Pile was a soldier in the British Army for 13 years and served in the Middle East, Northern Ireland and Cyprus. He has been a magistrate, attended the post graduate Sloan Fellowship Programme at the London Business School. In 2011, Anthony received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cranfield in recognition of his achievements in Africa.

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Steven, based in Ghana, is an accomplished senior manager, seasoned in 30+ years of demanding multinational roles spanning challenging societal and economic environments across Africa and the Middle East.

More recently, Steven has been representing UK Export Finance (UKEF) across West Africa and is responsible for originating a pipeline of new opportunities within the ECOWAS sub-region, across a variety of sectors, including mining, real estate, infrastructure, agri-processing and manufacturing.

Mr. Gray has a MBA from Heriot Watt University; and has completed an Executive Leadership Program on Oil, Gas and Mining Governance from the University of Oxford, The Blavatnik School of Government.

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Alice founded Mustard, a dynamic boutique studio in Accra, Ghana, in 2015. Mustard has undertaken projects such as the rehabilitation of the historic National Museum of Ghana, and residential developments for prolific developers such as Devtraco Plus and Equilibrium.

Alice trained at Nottingham University and at the Bartlett, University College, London, before practicing architecture for nearly two decades in the United Kingdom with Foster + Partners and Adjaye Associates. Alice maintains a role as Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Council member representing Middle East and Africa. She also retains a seat on the RIBA International Committee.

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Audrey Mensah is an Executive Recruiter and currently manages Indelible Limited, a boutique recruitment company which she founded in 2016 to carry out c-suite and board recruitments. Her previous role was Recruitment Manager for African Management Services Company (AMSCO), an international capacity development organisation which works with businesses across East, West and Southern Africa. Audrey holds a Masters’ degree in International and Comparative Business Law from the University of Guildhall (UK) and an LLB degree from Thames Valley University (UK).

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John is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) of twenty-nine years standing. He worked in the UK telecoms industry for companies such as British Telecom and One2One for several years, before joining PwC (UK) as a Management Consultant in 1998.

He founded The African Regent in 2004, which has since become, arguably, the foremost local brand in its competitive set. John holds BA(Hons) Business Studies from the University of Greenwich and an MBA from The University of Wales.

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Theophilus Tawiah is the Managing Partner at Wts Nobisfields, a corporate & commercial law firm in Accra, Ghana.

Theophilus specialises in a number of areas of law including banking and finance, corporate/commercial law, energy, tax, employment, and corporate governance.

Theophilus studied Accounting at the University of Cape Coast (B. Com), and studied law at University of Leicester (LLB), De Montfort University (LPC) and Cardiff University (LLM). He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana.

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Benedict has been Managing Director at Golden Exotics, part of the French owned Compagnie Fruitiere Groupe since 2018, having joined as Operation Manager 4 years earlier.

He has extensive experience managing plantations operations in emerging markets and has held progressively senior roles in plantation companies in Papua New Guinea, Kenya DR Congo as well as Ghana.

He has keen interest and understanding of sustainability and the environment in the plantation industries. He has also helped develop the Palm Oil industry’s environmental, social and sustainability standards and has worked
extensively with certification bodies such as Fairtrade.

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Michael has 15 years of managerial and leadership experience with a track record and emphasis on risk management, business processes optimization, business development, and operations management. He has held senior leadership roles managing personnel and business operations in both Western and Eastern Africa.

Prior to his appointment as Managing Director for G4S Ghana, he held roles as the Managing Director for G4S Tanzania, and Country Manager for G4S Gambia. Michael holds an MBA, Bsc Engineering, PG diploma in Security Management and PG diploma in Business Law.

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Maebelle Denya Nortey is a General Manager and Divisional Head (Marketing) in Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited with over eighteen (18) years’ experience in the Banking industry. She has oversight responsibility for some sectors and branches in the Bank and leads them in the acquisition and maintenance of business accounts as well as achieving the Bank’s goals and objectives.
She is an award-winning Banker and an exceptional Marketer with a wealth of experience in product development, brand strategy, channel management and business planning and strongly believes that excellence is achieved through hard work.

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A seasoned corporate executive with over 25 years in various demanding roles. Paul has extensive experience in Government Relations, Trade Facilitation, Banking, fund raising, corporate communication strategies, marketing, media, and event management within UK, Ghana and Africa.

Paul provides consultancy and advisory services to the Ghana High Commission, UK and various international companies including Invest in Africa, Cloud Africa and Michael Essien Foundation. He is a member of the Ghana Diaspora Homecoming Summit National Planning Committee and a Key member of the Ghana Investment & Opportunities Summit Committee.

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Doug is a founding Partner of, and current Senior Advisor to LeapFrog Strategic Africa Investments(LSAI), a USD 350m account funded by Prudential Financial Inc. At LeapFrog, Doug sourced, led and managed many of the fund’s investments, and secured multiple exits. Through LSAI, Doug sourced and led the USD 190m investment into the Enterprise Group in Ghana. Doug holds a Masters Degree in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa and is a Chartered Insurer UK (FCII).

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Linda is a result-driven and seasoned corporate executive and banker with several years of experience working within a varied number of leadership roles.  She has extensive expertise and accomplishments in areas such as change management, strategic operational improvement, corporate communication strategies, fund raising, and government relations within the UK, Ghana and some other African countries.

Linda is a founding member and key organiser of the Ghana Investment and Opportunities Summit UK.  She is also a key member of the UK Ghana Diaspora Committee and the Ghana Diaspora National Committee.

Linda is the recipient of the British Award for African Development for African Business Leader of the year 2019.

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Adjoba has over 18 years’ experience in senior corporate management roles in the fast moving consumer goods industry, and media management where she developed an excellent track record of providing best practice legal and stakeholder engagement advice and support to both Management and Board.

In addition to successfully minimizing legal risk, Adjoba has extensive experience in corporate reputation management, managing corporate compliance, executing corporate transactions, Human Resource management, procurement and managing key stakeholder engagements.