Experience

InvestBank Corp.

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director & Head, Global Investment Banking for Africa

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  • Working with the President, Global Investment Banking and other senior bank leaders, develops and leads the execution of effective strategies to originate and execute a wide variety of public/private capital, and advisory mandates in the designated industry sector(s).• Leads a team of Investment Bankers on financial solutions, transaction execution, and consultative/advisory strategies and is responsible for the achievement of overall sales performance for team.• Responsible for the overall leadership for Africa industry coverage and financing teams, and execution of client’s strategic initiatives. • Implementing the decisions of InvestBank’ s board by formulating and executing policy/strategic direction and providing progress updates regularly.• Serving as an interface between InvestBank’ s strategic partners and the firm’s geographic portfolio companies.• As the regional head, I am responsible for the conduct of strategic business development of InvestBank brand in Africa across prospective sovereign clients.• Utilizing my abilities to create buy in and build enthusiasm around strategies and recommendations; high level of influencing skills to balance competing interests and manage multiple stakeholders. Show less

• Managing Director for Africa

  • 2020 - Present

  • Formulates business development strategies across the African continent, strategically marketing relationships directed toward achieving market expansion.• Responsible for revenue-producing client origination, which include sovereign and private businesses with minimum revenues of $20 million or greater.• Responsible for originating deals in financial advisory, developing revenues avenues and guiding investment banking teams, and negotiating and structuring transactions.• Responsible for building, maintaining and engaging strategic relationships with client CEOs, CFOs, Chairmen and the investor community to help scale and grow clients business from initial engagement through final close. • Actively pursue business development opportunities and originate new business; debt and equity, M&A transaction, underwrite and execute transactions across a wide spectrum of asset classes within InvestBank’ s coverage markets.• My primary role is to advise both corporate, institutions and governments in structuring and arranging financing for acquisitions, growth capital, recapitalizations, restructurings, infrastructure and leveraged buyouts.• Responsible for solving global and complex problems, identify trends and innovative solutions, interpret business issues, test strategies, and recommend solutions that are in the best interest of client's global operations. INVESTMENT BANKING SECTOR EXPERTISEPower, Utilities & Infrastructure Financing and Financial Institutions. Show less



National Banking College, Ghana

• Financial Strategy Consultant

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  As financial strategy consultant, I am generally mandated by the College to work on questions that address financial capabilities, and the analytical capabilities within the practice in the Ghanaian banking industry. These largely encompasses M&A, treasury, securities and corporate banking to risk management. Working closely with the Deans of the faculty of Risk & Regulation and the faculty of Treasury, my key focus lies more on market infrastructure, quantitative/analytics skills, and my role revolves more around giving advice to senior bankers in the industry through conference-style training at the College. My research projects are financial crises, systemic risk & regulation, banking sector modelling and corporate insolvency prediction modelling. Show less



GoldSuisse Group - Investment Banking Company

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2018 - 2020

  • Possess executive authority for development, firm-wide oversight, and risk and strategy mandate for the investment banking, trading and the asset & wealth management businesses. • Re-organize the firm's businesses to offer clear, distinctive line of business with the goal to advise clients and with their financing and strategic initiatives in the West African Region. • Also lead structuring, underwriting and capital raising transactions across equity, and debt. • As the CEO, lead the Investment Banking division's transaction execution and financial closure turnaround to become the most profitable business within the group. • Champion the setup of sales and trading division (Strategy Floor). • Built the underwriting capacity of the FICC principal business to offer solutions and market-making strategies. The commodities business became among first three largest brokers in volumes. Show less



Nobel International Business School (NiBS)

• Ghana
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Feb 2018 - 2020

  • Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention in finance and management. • Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations, including visual, aural and social learning strategies. • Mentored graduate students in effective next-steps for education and career preparedness in both academics and industry. • Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention in finance and management. • Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations, including visual, aural and social learning strategies. • Mentored graduate students in effective next-steps for education and career preparedness in both academics and industry.



GoldSuisse Capital - Broker Dealer

• Managing Director

  • Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Develop strategic projects which was built on GoldSuisse strong foundations, delivered measurable value to the company, and help achieve its vision. • Develop and implement performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement. • Also lead investment banking team to design bailouts and fund the prominent but distressed rural and community banks in Ghana. • Transform the sales and trading business to a world-class securities – dealer, offering liquidity solutions to clients in Ghana. Show less



Strategic Currency Research

• Chief Analyst and Director, Banking & Capital Market Advisory

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Partnering with business unit leaders for the identification, research, development, and monitoring of projects that support key strategic priorities across revenue and expense initiatives and to provide strategic analysis, including peer benchmarking. • Work with corporate development and M&A to evaluate the strategic fit of potential targets and sale rationale for divestitures of client assets • Develop strategic and analytical frameworks that may pertain to specific markets, businesses or competitive analyses. • Conduct in depth research to support business strategies and identify trends across key business drivers such as credit, asset trends, cost structure, pricing, unit economics, product management and operational functions. • Responsible for regularly updating senior management of clients on progress of projects until completion. Show less