Chief Operating Officer | Executive Director | Member of Board

• Aug 2019 - Present

Devising and executing corporate strategy. I proactively implement systems, processes and procedures to support and achieve vision of a publicly listed Fintech for healthy, robust, and integrated team functions. I administer control over general operations of firm to strengthen operational performance and efficiency by developing capacity and establishing effective and appropriate internal controls and infrastructure for optimum performance of all business functions. I foster and nurture strong partnerships to maintain effective relationships with partner companies, clients and regulators. So far, I have streamlined business operations and led the implementation of ISO27001:2013 (Information Security) and PCI DSS and proactively and successfully managed the application of an Enhanced Payment Services License (E-PSP) from the Bank of Ghana. My immediate goal is to maintain consistency of best practices at internal and external levels. My experience in Business Development and passion for it remains unquenched and I am continuously offering excellent executive support to achieve greater revenue for the business.

Director

• Jan 2007 - Present

Real Estate & Capital Markets Investments. Real Estate & Capital Markets Investments.

Co-founder | Managing Director | Member of Board

• Nov 2015 - Jul 2019

Built firm from ground-up. Designed strategic and operational plans to attain long-term objectives and priorities determined by the board while actively managing revenue generation to lead the company towards profitable growth. I hired and mentored top-performing and highly motivated business and technical teams to deliver high-value services to customers.While here, I signed the firms' first high value 3D Secure Authentication client, a Pan African switching company serving more than 21 issuer commercial banks across Africa. I also managed the delivery of a top-tier product offering through keen product management to ensure we stood out from competition and offered highest value to customers.

Head of Business Development

• Aug 2014 - Oct 2015

Proactively identified profitable business opportunities all over Africa and generated large volumes of new and recurring revenue to drive growth and enable the company to keep delivering a wide range of software solutions to the capital markets sector all over Africa. I grew revenue at exponential rates, lead business development initiatives in unexplored countries and steered establishment of new business in new territories within East and Southern Africa. Proactively identified profitable business opportunities all over Africa and generated large volumes of new and recurring revenue to drive growth and enable the company to keep delivering a wide range of software solutions to the capital markets sector all over Africa. I grew revenue at exponential rates, lead business development initiatives in unexplored countries and steered establishment of new business in new territories within East and Southern Africa.

Product & Business Development Manager - Africa

• Nov 2010 - Aug 2014

Created great value for global software development company delivering financial services software to more than 400 institutions in 40+ countries within Africa and Asia. Led the newly formed Investment software department comprised of software developers, implementation and support engineers, project managers and domain experts. I managed the transformation of the Investment Management software solutions to end to end software suites rated at top of competition and in current use by top Financial Services organizations in East, West and Southern Africa. I also directly managed business development for entire Africa region and acquired new high value recurring revenue throughout Africa.

Investment Portfolio Administrator

• Jan 2007 - Sep 2010

Improved the operations of global Investment Management organization with many years of experience in emerging and developed markets through process automation. I co-ordinated enhancement of internal trading software till it was adopted as primary Investment Management software managing billions of dollars of investments for Africa operations. I also simultaneously and proactively handled Investment Portfolio Administration through Compliance Monitoring, Transaction Processing, Cash-flow Projection, Fund Reconciliation, Portfolio Valuation, Performance Measurement, Performance Bench Marking, Risk Analysis and Client Reporting.

Assistant IT Supervisor

• Jan 2006 - Dec 2006