Management Team
Franklin Oboe Akwaah
Strategy Consultant
Franklin Oboe Akwaah is a Partner at Pine Tree Capital, with 12 years of experience in business advisory, business training, capital markets, corporate finance and project finance advisory. He assists clients with capital raising advisory, strategy development, business restructuring, business valuations, financial modeling, infrastructure advisory and investment appraisals. He has extensive advisory experience in Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Financial Services (Insurance, Banks, Pensions etc.) Ports, Media, Water & Sanitation sectors.
Prior to joining Pine Tree Capital, he served as Assistant Manager in Deloitte Ghana. He also worked previously as a SEC-licensed Investment Adviser at IFS Capital Management Ltd. Franklin holds a Master of Business Administration (Accounting & Taxation) degree from GIMPA School of Business in Ghana. Countries of his experience include Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Kenya and South Africa. He speaks English and basic French.
Michael Ato Yorke
Accountant and Head of Operations
Michael Ato Yorke is a financial management professional with about 12 years’ experience primarily in the not-for-profit sector. His experience spans Project Financial Reporting, Management Accounting, Treasury Management, Internal/ External Audit Oversight, and Financial Management System Design and Implementation.
As a key member of the STAR Ghana Program Management Team overseeing a GBP22 Million multi-donor funded program, he was involved in the development of Financial Management Training Modules, Budgeting, Development of Budget Monitoring Mechanisms, Training of Non-Finance Professionals in Financial Management, Grant Management, Bid and Contract Management, Diverse and Multiple Donor Reporting, Financial/ Internal Controls Design & Implementation, Field Visits/ Sub Award Partner Monitoring, Compliance and Support Visits, Application of Rules and Regulations for UKAID/DFID, EU, DANIDA and Other International Partners.
Michael has extensive experience in training, mentoring, coaching Grant Partners, supporting them to build, use and maintain robust financial management systems through monitoring and continuous engagement.
Michael has a first degree in Accounting from Valley View University, Ghana and second degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, from the University of Applied Management, Germany (Ghana Campus) respectively. He is also a student member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and an Affiliate member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).
Mansa Agyare
Events, Marketing and Brand Strategist
Mansa makes Magic happen.
Mansa consistently delivers top class results in developing visual brand strategies to ensure brand consistency in competitive markets.
With over 12 years’ experience working in the United States in various roles in marketing, project and brand management for multinational clients (Ernst & Young, Siemens, AT&T and ADP), Mansa developed and honed in her project management and consulting skills. Magic happens when the right pieces fall into the right places and as a project manager, Mansa has the foresight and skill to ensure the right pieces are on hand to fall in place. Design, process thinking and execution are Mansa’s key work strategies.
In Ghana, Mansa has delivered outstanding results to clients like Tullow Oil in the Oil and Gas industry, QIC in the Insurance industry, Access Bank in the Banking space as well as numerous private clients. Mansa’s use of business fairs, conferences, event management and summits has consolidated the brands of her clients. Every event has been unique and curated to match the client’s ethos and identity.
Mansa’s magic extends to her ability to fundraise for a variety of causes. Her extensive professional and social networks enable her to design engaging fundraising campaigns which move people to meet set fundraising targets. Her interactions with young, middle aged and older audiences are targeted to ensure maximum engagement for optimal results.
Patricia Mansa Agyare has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and French from Spelman College, Atlanta Georgia and an MBA (Marketing and Strategy) from Georgia State University.
Nana Akosua Asantewaa Owusu
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Nana Akosua operates on this simple belief: YOU (everyone) have what it takes; you just need to delve deep and find your potential.
Nana Akosua is a Human Resource (HR) Development Specialist who is passionate about helping people, especially women, tap into their potential to achieve greater heights. She has perfected her human resources and customer service skills, working in various capacities in human resources, customer service, and management in Ghana and the United Kingdom over the last 19 years. Akosua enjoys working with people, inspiring generations, and helping individuals tap into their hidden potentials.
She has a Degree in Psychology from the University of Ghana and a Masters in Human Resource Development from Sheffield Business School. She’s also an associate CIPD member.
Emmanuel Osei-Mensah
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
