About me

I am currently a Senior Internal Auditor, and Head of Department for Financial Audits, within the Directorate of Internal Audit of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana. Before I joined UHAS in 2015 I had started as Assistant Manager-Operations and later Treasury and Accounts and ended up as the Head of Department for Quality Assurance (MMDAs) at the Internal Audit Agency. I am a Chartered Accountant.

Education

I had my First Degree in Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana in 2006. I later pursued the professional programme at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, where I graduated as a Chartered Accountant in 2013. I later pursued an MBA Programme in Finance, at the University of Cape Coast and graduated with an MBA in Finance in 2019. I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana. I am also a Certified Data Protection Supervisor (CDPS) GH, having successfully passed the required examinations.

Work Experience

Before joining Internal Audit Agency, I had worked as a contract staff with the Abor Area Council (Keta) on issues relating to the Government’s Decentralization Policy and Danish Support to District Assemblies (DSDA). I had worked at the Internal Audit Agency for 8 Years both as a contract and full-time staff. During this period, I worked to review a number of Internal Audit Reports, assisted in facilitating training programmes in Risk Management and contributed in developing framework materials for use by Internal Auditors in MDAs/MMDAs at the Operations Division of the Agency. I also worked to produce monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for the Agency whiles in Finance and Administration Directorate. Later, I was moved to the Operations Division again to lead teams to undertake assurance services and to supervise and mentor subordinates. I was also seconded to the PricewaterhouseCoopers to build capacity in auditing and assurance services. I am currently the Head of Department of the Department of Financial Audits within the Directorate of Internal Audit in UHAS. I am also recently appointed as the Data Protection Supervisor of the University.

Research Area of Interest

My area of interest in research is Risk Management & Corporate Governance, Internal Audit and Data Protection. I have served on a number of committees in UHAS and Audit Committees of some MDAs and MMDAs. I am currently the chairman of the North Dayi District Assembly. I had also acquired some presentation, facilitation and negotiation skills through several years of assisting the Training Division of the Internal Audit Agency in training and facilitating several Risk Management workshops. Currently, I am a member and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts, Ghana.