Experience

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  University of Ghana Business School

  • Ghana
  • Higher Education
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Professor: Leadership and Organisational Development

    • Sep 2021 - Present

    Kwasi Dartey-Baah is a Professor of Leadership and Organisational Development of the University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Legon. He is an astute academic with huge experience in industry. He is a Chartered Urban Traffic Engineer, a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Institution of Highways and Transport in the UK and the Ghana Institution of Engineering. He has extensive experience (in industry and academia) in the design of urban transportation measures, project management, human resource management and institutional development. He has managed multi-million pounds projects in the United Kingdom working with leading consultants like Colin Buchanan where he was Associate (Partner) and JMP Consulting. He is a seasoned project professional with hands–on expertise with a proven track record of delivering and managing high profile projects in the United Kingdom. He has experience in managing multi-skilled professionals and trained a number of engineers for chartered status with emphasises on project management, leadership and organisational development. His first two degrees are in engineering from KNUST, Ghana and Imperial College, London and holds a PhD in Leadership and Human Resource Management and Development from Newburgh, USA and Canterbury University, United Kingdom and another PhD in Project Management from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is an academic, consultant on project management, leadership and organisational development matters. He is a lecturer in the Department of Organisational & Human Resource Management of the University of Ghana Business School. He lectures in leadership, project management, organisational behaviour and organisational development. His research interests are in the area of leadership and organisational development, and has published in peer reviewed journals. He can be contacted on [email protected].

  • Associate Professor

    • Dec 2016 - Sep 2021

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  University of Ghana

  • Director, Office of Institutional Advancement

    • Aug 2021 - Jul 2023

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  University of Ghana Business School

  • Ghana

  • Lecturer

    • 2010 - 2013
    • Ghana

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  Colin Buchanan

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Associate

    • Apr 2007 - Jul 2010
    • London, United Kingdom

    OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCEAn Associate in Colin Buchanan & Partners, London with over 15 years professional work experience. Kwasi has been involved since 1998 in the design and project management of traffic engineering, transportation planning and urban transport projects for two international consultants and a local authority in the United Kingdom. He has worked on projects for strategic clients including Transport for London (TfL), Corporation of London, London Bus Priority Network (LBPN), London Bus Initiative (LBI), Centre for Cycling Excellence and Network Rail. Kwasi has also worked with the Network Management Department of London Borough of Newham providing guidance and advice on local government procedures, transport planning guidance and statutory processes to ensure delivery of projects to programme and budget and have a good understanding of processes required to secure approvals and funding for projects. He is involved in financial and business development initiatives for Colin Buchanan and manage multi-skilled professionals in schemes delivery and mentor graduate engineers as part of their career development for chartered status. Currently Kwasi is the project manager for two high profile multi-million pound schemes: Hammersmith Gyratory and Blackfriars Station Permanent Traffic Management in the City involving urban regeneration and public transport improvement initiatives.

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  JMP Consulting, United Kingdom

  • Principal Engineer,

    • Apr 2005 - Apr 2007

    Senior member of the Urban Traffic Management Team with the responsibility of delivering urban transportation projects in London worth £2m per year under a five-year extendable term contract with local authorities.

  • Senior Engineer,

    • Apr 2002 - Apr 2005

    Senior Member of the Traffic Engineering, Bus / Public Transport Priority and Modelling team. Responsible for managing a team of engineers including project management, transport impact assessments for private developers and the assessment and development of bus/public transport measures for local authorities, Transport for London Bus Priority, Cycling and Walking Teams.

  • Engineer

    • Apr 2001 - Apr 2002

    Responsible for scheme development, design and consultation with project stakeholders. Participated in the preparation of borough spending plans and liaison with funding organisations including TfL and London Bus Initiative.

  • Assistant Engineer

    • Apr 1998 - Apr 2001

    Worked as part of Bus Priority team providing support in schemes development, traffic signals junctions modelling, micro-simulation, site surveys , schemes design and development and report preparation.

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  Comptran Engineering and Planning Associates, Ghana

  • Engineer,

    • Apr 1993 - Apr 1995

    •Project Engineer – Worked on the development of proposals for transport terminals in the Regional Capitals of Ghana.•Monitored and measured the deformation of wharves and heavy structures for the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority and provision of levels for drainage construction. •Involved in undertaking topographical surveys for key locations to aid design processes in the City of Accra, and Kumasi.•Worked as part of the engineering team on the Elubo-Asemkrom World Bank sponsored project