ABOUT US
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Our Team |
Dominic Adu – Chief Executive Officer
Dominic spent 10 years with Actis (a UK based emerging markets private equity investor), covering the West African sub-region. Prior to Actis, he was briefly a Finance Manager with Ashanti Goldfields (now AngloGold Ashanti), and before that an Accountant with Watson Wyatt (UK) and an Audit Senior with BDO Stoy Hayward (UK). Dominic is an economics graduate from the University of Manchester (B A Econs) and University of London (MSc Econs) as well as a qualified chartered accountant (ACA England & Wales).
contact - dominic@ghanahomeloans.com
Kojo Addo-Kufuor – Chief Operating Officer
Before co-founding Ghana Home Loans, Kojo previously worked as an Executive Director at SDC Brokerage Services, Accra. Prior to joining SDC, he was an investment banker with Citigroup - initially with Schroder Salomon Smith Barney’s corporate finance team based in London and then with Citibank Nigeria's Corporate Finance Group in Lagos.
Before joining Citigroup, Kojo worked as a management consultant with KPMG Barents LLC in South East Asia and Australia, advising banks and other financial institutions in that region. Earlier in his career, Kojo worked with Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in New York, Product Finance in London, and also briefly with Merrill Lynch's Global Sovereign Risk Group in New York.
Kojo holds a B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) from KNUST, an M.Sc. (Computing Science) from University of London, and an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York.
contact - kojo.Addo-Kufuor@ghanahomeloans.com
Ellis Atekpe – Executive Director, Mortgage Operations
Ellis is a co-founder of Ghana Home Loans. Prior to this he headed HFC Bank’s Mortgage Operations Department. He also set up and managed HFC Realty Limited which specialized in Project, Facilities, Asset & Estate Management. Previously, Ellis worked as Manager, Investment Promotion & Client Advisory Services with Goldshield Contact Services, UK. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Economics from University of Buckingham, UK, and PGD in Corporate Management and Finance from Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Contact - ellis.Atekpe@ghanahomeloans.com
Susan Yawson, Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Ghana Home Loans, Susan worked in the UK for Man Group PLC for 10 years as an alternative investment manager where she gained expertise in product valuations and operations. As a valuations manager for both their structured products and fund of funds platform, she was responsible for managing AUM of £45-75bn and the performance of 20 fully qualified accountants. Prior to that, she worked for AXA investment managers as a valuations accountant valuing their multibillion dollar pension fund and earlier in her career she also worked for Associated British Foods as their pension fund accountant for five years. Susan completed the investment management program from London Business School (LBS) in 2004; she is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a BA (Hons) degree in Accountancy and Finance from the University of Greenwich.
Contact - susan@ghanahomeloans.com
Christopher Oppon, Finance Manager
Before moving to Ghana Home Loans, Chris was Acting Head of Audit for Ghana International Airlines (GIA) where he joined as Revenue Accounting Manager but was later made head of the Audit Department.
Chris started his career with KPMG as Audit Senior where he rose to the position of Deputy Manager for Audit before joining Lincoln Community School as Business Manager. At Lincoln, He served on the Board of Directors in his capacity as an administrator. He was a teaching assistant at the University Cape Coast before leaving for further studies in the UK. Chris briefly worked with Ernst and Young (Ghana).
Chris holds a first class BA (Hons) in Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and M Phil in Development Studies, Cambridge University (UK). He is a qualified Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA).
Contact – christopher.Oppon@ghanahomeloans.com
Mrs. Esi Quashie, Human Resources Manager
Esi started her career with Ghana Publishing Corporation, Marketing Division. She rose through the ranks to the level of Sales Supervisor. She proceeded to further her education in the United States of America. Esi worked with the New York City Department of Transportation, Human Resources, as a Hiring Plan Analyst. She also worked with Covenant House New York as a Manager, both in Programs and Human Resources.
Esi holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing, from The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, Masters in Public Administration, MPA (Human Resources), from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA.
Contact – esi.Quashie @ghanahomeloans.com
Ama Osae-Addae, Associate
Ama holds a first class B.Sc. degree in Land Economy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. She completed her national service at the same university where she worked as a research and teaching assistant at the centre for land studies and department of land economy.
She also worked as an insurance claims handler and Administrator with the Norwich Union Business Unit at Crawford and Company (UK) Ltd. Prior to joining Ghana Home Loans, Ama had been working as a valuation and estate officer for Apex Valuation and Property Consult, Accra.
contact - ama.Osae-Addae@ghanahomeloans.com
Regina Baah, Associate
Before joining Ghana Home Loans, Regina previously worked as the Freight & Release Executive of Beedeg Shipping Ghana Ltd, where she was responsible for the issuance of Release order documents to consignees to obtain release of their goods from the various shipping companies.
She also worked with Thrutainers International Ghana Ltd as the Client Service Executive and later appointed as the office manager responsible for the daily administration of the office.
Regina holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Law & History) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi and a certificate in Maritime Law and International Trade from the Ghana Shippers Council.
contact - regina.Baah@ghanahomeloans.com