We represent individuals with investments in:
The IBF is set up as a response to the Government of Ghana’s (GoG)proposed debt exchange and restructuring programme which negatively impacts investments of direct and indirect individual bondholders. We provide legal, public advocacy and negotiation representation for members with investments in:
Provide effective representation for individual investors.
Facilitate legal representation for affected members.
We analyze, proffer alternatives, and educate members and the public on the dynamics and implications of the debt crisis and DEP.
This shall be the highest decision-making body comprising of all members in good standing. Members in good standing shall be people who are up to date with contributions and information required of members, as shall be advised by the Conveners.
The Conveners shall serve as the board of the IBF and shall be ultimately responsible for the management and the realization of the objects of the IBF.
The Coordinating Secretariat shall provide operational assistance to the Conveners and shall be set up in the structure determined by the Conveners.
Senyo is the Executive Chairman of Kleeve and Tove. He is a finance and economic policy analyst, and entrepreneur with management and investment experience in various industries including downstream petroleum, agriculture, technology, finance, logistics and commodity trading.
He has played a key role in the development and implementation of major economic policies in Ghana's energy sector. He provided the conceptualization and rationalisation of the Energy Sector Levies Act and its subsequent debt management interventions.
He is the Managing Trustee of the Ghana’s COVID-19 Private Sector Fund which led major interventions in the fight against COVID-19. He also previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors for a decade till 2022.
Senyo holds an MBA in Finance and an MA in Economic Policy Management from the University of Ghana.
Thomas Kofi Manu is a pensioner and an Oil and Gas professional with over thirty-three (33) years of Upstream Oil and Gas Industry experience spanning Data Acquisition and Interpretation, Prospect Generation, Appraisal and Early Development, Negotiations of Petroleum Agreements as well as Monitoring and Evaluation of company performance and regulatory compliance.
He joined Ghana’s National Oil Company in 1990 and rose through the ranks to become its Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2016. Whilst at GNPC, he played a leading role in the discovery, development, and production of the jubilee, TEN, Sankofa/ Gye Nyame and Pecan fields. In 2017, he was seconded to the Ministry of Energy as a special advisor to the Minister for Energy and retired from the public service in 2019. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President in charge of Exploration and Development at the Springfield Group.
Thomas is a founding board member of the Ghana National Gas Company Limited and a board member at Goil PLC. He holds a master’s degree in Exploration Geophysics and an Executive MBA in Finance.
Yaw Owusu-Brefo is a seasoned financial and management professional with over twenty years of experience in managing multi-billion-dollar budgets and leading finance operations in start-ups and multi-million-dollar enterprises.
He was Mapa's finance lead in the execution of the Kotoka Terminal 3 project in Ghana. He has worked with Weatherford and West African Gas Pipeline Company both in the Oil and Gas sectors and with Cenit Energy Ltd and UT Financial Services.
Yaw understands the Ghanaian business environment and has led finance operations in these businesses to deliver resounding results. He is a fellow of the ACCA and a member of ICAG and holds a BSc Administration degree from the University of Ghana, Legon.
He currently serves on boards of some Ghanaian businesses an provides business advisory services for many small and medium enterprises.
Philip, an astute business leader with over 20 years of experience in the Information and Telecommunications industry. His expertise and competencies are evident in the design and executions in several Greenfields and turnarounds across Africa, including Chad, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Lesotho etc.
He was recently tasked to lead Busy Internet Business portfolio strategic review. Prior to that he worked as the Managing Director (MD) of Vodacom Lesotho. He also worked as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Tigo Rwanda and later AirtelTigo Rwanda from 2016 - 2018.
As a finance professional, Philip also worked as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for over 10 years predominantly in the Telecommunication sector across Africa. In his early days of career, he worked as Systems Design and Implementation Manager at Soft-Tribe (a software house based in Accra) and briefly as Chief Accountant at Naja David Veneer and Timba Company in Kumasi.
Philip is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. He also has an MBA in Finance from the University of Leicester and LLM in International Commercial Law from the Salford University, all in UK.
David Tetteh is the lead Consultant and CEO of Bargane Investment Holdings & Advisory Limited.
David is an investment banker and stockbroker who has worked in the West African capital markets – public and private securities - over the last 22 years.
He is a former Council member of the Ghana Stock Exchange and has been actively involved in the development of the Ghana Fixed Income Market, the Ghana Alternative Market and the overall Capital Markets in Ghana.Franklin is the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, a think tank of global repute dedicated to the promotion of the institutions of a free society across Africa.
IMANI has been consistently ranked among the top 5 most influential think tanks in sub- Saharan Africa and among the top 100 worldwide.
In 2010 Franklin was consulted by the U. K’s Prime Minister’s office on how to make effective use of British aid in Africa. Franklin is a co-author of Fighting the Diseases of Poverty, The Reality of Water Provision in Urban Africa, The Water Revolution: Practical Solutions to Water Scarcity,: and Hobbled Trade: Trade Barriers within Africa.
Franklin is a co-author of The State of Education in Ghana. He is an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation’s Think Tank MBA programme and the Montreal Economic Institute’s Think Tank Training Programme. He has a B.Sc. in Land Economy from KNUST.
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