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Mr. Frederick Adongo Mahama
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Mr. Frederick Adongo Mahama

Director

About Me

I am the Director of Internal Audit in the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana. Prior to this, I was the Director, Training & Professional Development at HDS & Associates.

I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Ghana. I am also a trained Data Protection Practitioner.
 

I obtained both my Bachelor of Commerce Degree and Diploma in Education concurrently at the University of Cape Coast and later pursued a Master of Science in Industrial Finance and Investments, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

I have several years’ experience in Management, Accounting and internal auditing. 

I worked as Audit Manager and Head of Internal Audit and compliance at the Mechanical Lloyd Company Limited for 10 years. In 2017 I was appointed the Deputy Director, Internal Audit at the Data Protection Commission. Before joining the HDS & Associates in January 2020. I had a brief stint with the Akoa Beverages Company Limited as Chief Finance officer.

As Internal Auditor my interest have been reviewing and analysing various internal controls and facilitating in designing systems to meet risks and control environments, fraud investigations, and the review of Management as well as Financial Accounting information.

Mr. Patrick De Souza
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Mr. Patrick De Souza

Director

About Me

I am a Senior ICT Transformation Executive and International Digital Infrastructure Consultant with over 25 years of leadership experience delivering large-scale national digital systems, cloud migrations, enterprise platforms, data centres, broadband infrastructure, and public sector ICT transformation programmes across government, higher education, banking, and telecommunications.

Currently, I serve as Director of ICT at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), leading institution-wide digital transformation across multi-campus environments, including cloud productivity platforms, student systems, data centres, fibre infrastructure, smart classrooms, and online examinations. I previously served in national leadership roles on Ghana’s GeGov Project, delivering the TRIPS national tax system and the eRegistrar business registration platform under a DFBOT PPP framework.

I have a proven expertise in public sector digital governance, PPP project delivery, cloud and data centre infrastructure, cybersecurity, ISO 27001 & ISO 9001 implementation, business continuity planning, and enterprise systems deployment. I am a trusted advisor to government agencies, project sponsors, and executive stakeholders on national ICT modernization, risk governance, and digital transformation strategy.

Mr. Addison Lartey Okanto
HoD
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Internal Auditor
Mr. Lebene Israel Klu, Ca
HoD
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Senior Internal Auditor
Fidelis Edem Yao Anumu
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Senior Assistant Registrar
Mr. Samuel Forkuo
HoD
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Senior Systems Analyst