Prof. Robert Darko Osei
Chairman
Prof. Osei joined the Board in 2020 with considerable experience in academia and the private sector. He also serves as a Director of the Ghana Statistical Service and is a member of the President’s Fiscal Responsibility Advisory Council.
Robert Darko Osei is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon, and also the Vice Dean for the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Ghana.
In 2015, he spent his sabbatical year at Yale University and UNU WIDER in USA and Finland respectively. At Yale, he was the Coca-Cola World Fund Visiting Professor of African Studies at the MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies and then a Visiting Scholar at UNU-WIDER. Robert has published widely in edited volumes and top international journals.
His main areas of research include evaluative poverty and rural research, macro and micro implications of fiscal policies, aid effectiveness and other economic development policy concerns. He is currently involved in a number of research projects in Ghana, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali.
Nana Sarfo
Chief Executive Officer
Nana is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bora Capital Advisor. He has over 20 years’ experience in the investment banking industry in Ghana and has worked on several major transactions in Ghana and the West African sub-region. Prior to founding Bora Capital, Nana was the CEO of Fidelity Securities and Head of Investment Banking within the Fidelity Group for over 5 years.
He has worked as a Regional Investment Officer in Ecobank Capital, responsible for capital market deals within West and Central Africa. He also served as Head of Corporate Finance at UMB Bank (then Merchant Bank Ghana) where he led major landmark transactions within banking, mining, breweries, automobile industries.
Nana has an MBA from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota in the USA, BA Economics and Computer Science from the University of Ghana and is a Chartered Banker (ACIB from both England & Wales and Ghana Institute of Bankers).
Edem K. Dewotor
Non-Executive Director
Edem has over 10 years’ experience in investment banking and financial services with a transaction and structuring history worth over $2 billion across Africa and UK. He is presently Head – Securities, Wealth & Asset Management at Ecobank Capital. He previously worked with Tullow Oil as a Commercial Analyst mainly on the company’s gas commercialization and negotiations in Ghana. Prior to joining Tullow, Edem worked with Ecobank Capital in Johannesburg as a Strategy Consultant on the bank’s alliance with Nedbank, and simultaneously as Head of equity research for Ecobank Group.
As a member of Ecobank Group Research, Edem participated and led teams in producing strategic research output to manage over $7billion in balance sheet and loan portfolio for Ecobank across Africa. Edem also worked with Databank Financial Services as a research analyst in Accra, Ghana, where he co-authored the Databank Universal Economic School (DUES).
Edem holds a MSc. in Energy Trade and Finance from Cass Business School, City University in UK, and a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Ghana.
Letitia Akosua Sarfo
Non-Executive Director
Letitia has over 12 years banking experience and considerable knowledge in Marketing, Sales Management, Customer Service, Credit Appraisal and Analysis within varied industries. Letitia was a Senior Relationship Manager with Ecobank’s Local corporate Unit. She also previously worked with Société General, Ghana (formerly SG-SSB Bank) for nine years holding the positions of head of Middle Office, Senior Business Credit Analyst and Head of Call Centre at SG-SSB.
She brings to the team marketing experience in financial products, having been exposed to the insurance, equity markets, money market and corporate banking experience. Letitia graduated with First Class Honours in Business Administration (Marketing) and also holds an MBA (Management Information Systems) from the University of Ghana. She is also a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Ghana.