BS AFRICA - Key Persons
David is a Chartered Accountant and a Management Consultant with over 15 year post-qualification experience spanning business/entrepreneurship development and training, management consulting, business advisory services and small business support and advice. He is a Founding Partner and the Executive Director of BS Africa Limited. He has an in depth experience in Small Business Finance, large public sector and private sector consulting experience in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
John attended New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business Administration, New York, for his Ph.D. Programme, Double Major: Accounting and International Finance. He completed his Dissertation on "Economic Impact of Private Foreign Direct Investments in Manufacturing in Ghana", (withdrawn due to poor health).
He also had Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) degree (a doctoral post-orals pre-dissertation completion degree in Accounting and International Finance) and was Awarded Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with major in Accounting in October 1973.
John's MBA and Doctoral works was done at New York University, USA, in Accounting and International Finance.
Professionally, he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and Certified Governmental Financial Manager (CGFM).
Samuel, a double master holder in Education and Strategic Management has 17 years working experience as an Administrator and a Management Consultant. He has undertaken a number of consultancies in Higher Education Administration and delivered training for various and varied Micro, Medium and Small Scale Businesses and clients of the Ahafo Linkages Program. He has also developed business plans for companies and institutions in Ghana. He is a member of the International Professional Managers' Association, UK, Chartered Institute of Administration and Management Consultants-Ghana, and Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners, Ghana. He is certified by CDC/FIT Ghana for the training of MSMEs under the Ahafo Linkages Program. He also serves as a Consultant for the Ghana-Netherlands Capacity Building program for Polytechnics in Ghana. He consults for TechnoServe Inc.
Steve is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, U. K. (ACCA), a Management Consultant and Managing Consultant BS Africa Limited.
He holds a Masters Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Wales, Bangor, U.K, a BA (Hon) Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon, a Diploma in Professional Accounting from the Thames Valley University, Slough, U.K., a Certificate in Advanced Practical Accounting from the London Vocational and Management Training Company Limited, London, U.K., a Certificate in Public Finance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Institute, Washington D.C., USA and a Certificate in Development Finance and Budgeting from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Greenhill, Ghana.