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Leadership

Governance & Leadership

Leadership

Beacon Ratings’ board comprises five (5) professionals drawn from diverse fields, three (3) independent non-executive directors, and two (2) executive directors. The Board’s primary role is to assess the overall direction and strategy of the company and foster an environment that encourages ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance. In order to further its goal of sound governance practices, the board also plays a substantive role in establishing a policy-based governance system, reviewing and amending its policies periodically as necessary, avoiding conflicts of interest or even the appearance of them, and taking necessary actions under its fiduciary duty to protect reputational capital and assets of the company.

The Board also provides leadership, control, and support functions of the business of credit rating. The independent directors have additional responsibility over the following areas:

  • Surveillance of credit rating policies.
  • Effectiveness of internal quality system in relation to credit rating activity.
  • Effectiveness of credit rating compliance function.
  • Effectiveness of quality assurance and review function.
 

Dr. Kwasi Awuah-Werekoh

Member (Independent)

Kwasi Awuah-Werekoh is currently the Director of Finance at Ghana Maritime Authority. He has work experience in Information Technology, Management Accounting, and Financial Reporting. He was a consultant at African Development Bank (AfDB) and Ultimate Development Finance. He was also a lecturer at GIMPA, Operations Manager – Enterprise Development Centre at Enablis Ghana. He is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) with a PhD in Accounting and Finance (University of Birmingham, UK), an MBA Finance (University of Leicester, UK) and MSc International Accounting (Anglia Ruskin University, UK).

Prof. Bernard Acquah Obeng

Member (Independent)

Prof. Obeng is an Associate Professor at the Business School, GIMPA and International Faculty, Mona School of Business and Management Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is also an International Research Fellow at Open University Business School, UK. His research interests are in Entrepreneurship and SMEs Management, Marketing and Innovation. He holds a PhD, Durham University, UK, MBA, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus, BCom, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Yao Akaba

Member, Director of Ratings

Yao has over 22 years of work experience in accounting, finance and investment management, both in academia, consulting and practice. He is a Lecturer at GIMPA, worked as an Audit Associate at KPMG, Netherlands, Consulting Financial Analyst to World Bank Consultant, Financial Advisor to GTZ, and Chief Credit Risk Officer and Founder of Indigo Investment Management. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), Member of ICAG, Chartered Exploration and Production Accountant. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UCC, an MBA in Finance from University of Ghana, and MPhil Business Analysis from MsM, Netherlands, and Advanced Certificates in Corporate Entity Profiling, Business Analytics, Credit Risk Analysis and Credit Rating from CRISIL, India, a subsidiary of Standard and Poor’s Global and other advanced certificates.