Kwabena has over 20 years working experience in Corporate Finance, Banking and Consulting in the United States of America and Ghana. As a senior management member in organizations he has worked with, he has been involved in Corporate Strategy, Policy Development and Direction and Organizational Strategy. Kwabena worked with Agilent Technologies in Santa Clara, California in various capacities as Senior Business Analyst, Finance Manager, Pricing Manager and Audit Manager. As Finance Manager, his responsibilities include due diligence, reviewing long term cash flow of producing assets. He made significant contributions to the Service and Support Division’s growth. In his capacity as a pricing Manager, he performed a number of assignments including organizing pricing rounds and price reviews. He also developed recommendations to executive management to assess and enhance effectiveness of pricing tools, business rules and procedures required to manage third party selling channels. As Audit Manager, he provided Shareholders, Board of Directors and Executives with an independent assessment of company’s internal controls environment and areas of significant risk. Prior to this, Kwabena worked with the Bank of New York in the Unit Investment Trust (UIT) Division. He managed the Merrill Lynch Defined Asset Funds, Claymore Equity Income Funds, including S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ-100 Index Series. He has also worked in management consulting in Ghana. Kwabena holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance and International Business and Competitive and Organizational Strategy form University of Rochester, Graduate School of Business in New York.

Mr. Apanka has over 25 years experience in banking internationally and in Ghana. He joined NTHC in February 2016 from the Ecobank Group where he worked for close to twenty years. Prior to joining NTHC, he was Chief Operating Officer of Ecobank Development Corporation (EDC) - the investment banking subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, heading the bank’s business operations in five locations: Abidjan, Accra, Lagos, Douala and Nairobi, and immediately prior to that he was its Regional Investment Officer leading at various times origination, execution and client coverage in several countries across the Ecobank footprint in thirty-five sub-Saharan African countries.

He has transacted several advisory and financing mandates involving debt and equity issues, loan syndications, project and structured financing for institutions both private and public, and across key sectors including telecoms, energy, construction, manufacturing, retail and financial services. He led the establishment of EDC offices in Douala and Nairobi. Francis has previously worked in management positions at Ecobank Ghana and Barclays Bank Ghana.

Mr. Apanka holds a B.A (Hons) degree in English from the University of Ghana, a Post Graduate Banking Diploma and Associateship both from the Chartered Institute of Bankers, England.

James Abrah is an astute business professional with over 18 years experience in both industry and practice. Before joining NTHC in February 2016, he worked in various managerial positions such as Director of Finance, ICA (Ghana); Chief Consultant, AATMAC Training & Management Consult; General Manager, Liberty Commodities; Regional Director of Finance, Reime West Africa; Deputy Director of Audit, Central University; Finance & Administrative Manager, Technoserve Golden Harvest Cashew Project; and Senior Audit Assistant, Deloitte & Touché.

He was also an adjunct Lecturer at the Central University from 2003-2013 for both post graduate and undergraduate programmes. He is an excellent conference facilitator and has great passion for teaching. James is a Chartered Accountant and has MBA in Finance Degree from GIMPA

Dinah Hayford is a Human Resource professional with over 10 years working experience in both public and private sectors. Before joining NTHC Limited in 2008, she worked in several supervisory roles in the United Kingdom. She has had other previous work experiences with Metacept Consultancy, Ghana and Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

Dinah is a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP), Ghana. She also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Ghana, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Social Sciences (English and History) Degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology