Esi Nana Sekyiamah

Payment Processor - Worked with leading FinTech client in Ghana to develop/test strategy to provide formal financial institutions with tools to leverage multiple mobile networks to provide cost effective banking and financial services to rural clients. Raised $1M to scale to 40,000 peri-urban and rural clients. Innovative FinTech Startup - Led the design and development of innovative FinTech startup to develop a virtual marketplace in Ghana to enable farmers to receive the finance, services and products they need to improve productivity and access premium markets World Bank - Reviewed the performance of Ghana's private health insurance industry and assessed its potential for growth - Provided technical assistance to the Private Health Insurance Association of Ghana to develop a position paper, policy brief and to engage key stakeholders on the role of the private health insurance industry in developing a sustainable health insurance industry in Ghana

Engagements have included - Board and strategy coach for credit union of a major farmer organization - Innovation consulting to a retail company - Project management and program design for economic development of high growth industries in West Africa

- Successfully managed relationships with implementing partners and country teams to provide training and technical support to increase productivity of processor companies and build/strengthen cashew processing industries in project countries - Worked with processors in project countries to develop and implement a Service Provider Association model to aggregate supply of high quality cashew kernels for export

- Managed team of 8 business advisers and consultants with leadership oversight for budget nearing $1MM - Increased incomes of smallholder cotton farmers by coaching, providing technical support to and supporting private sector and government actors in the cotton value chain to revive cotton production in Swaziland - Managed a sustainable program to increase incomes of smallholder cattle farmers by increasing herd productivity and supply of organic Swazi beef to the EU

- Redefined economic scope and analyzed profitability of sub-segments of transplant service line for leading academic medical center with $1.5B in annual revenue; analyzed markets, collaborated with physicians and administrators and built 5-year growth model with 15% potential annual growth - Estimated size of e-health market and created strategy to optimize e-Health investments in developing countries for prominent philanthropic organization - Assessed gaps in existing client offering; conducted deep dive to obtain customer insight and competitive bench-marking for the diagnostic phase of a growth strategy to increase revenues of a Fortune 150 client by 4x over 5 years

- Responsibilities included both strategic innovation and idea execution - Presented to, and gained support of, policy-makers and transport associations by advocating inclusive rapid transit operating models; brokered meetings with key stakeholders to successful resolution - Was key liaison; gathered and presented information necessary to negotiate conflicting interests within government

- Increased active loan portfolio by 200% - Closely monitored projects (loan values ranging from $425K to $2MM) to ensure active accounts were on track with projections and loan terms were being met - Responsible for managing foreign currency grant to construct urban clinic; minimized loss in value as a result

- Led senior management team and client staff of forty-five through organizational restructuring - Turned around failing savings and loan company; managed company to solvency and long term viability - Successfully managed key relationships including with Bank of Ghana, European Union, DANIDA, and Trades Union Congress Process Improvement - Designed and implemented performance-based payment system resulting in a 20% increase in new depositors and a 50% increase in value of deposits over a five month period - Reengineered operational processes, introduced stronger internal controls, resulting in reduced loan risks and 70% increase in investment revenues