The President-elect is Dr. Humphrey Kwesi Ayim-Darke, is a Ghanaian industrialist, entrepreneur and Management Consultant with a career spanning over twenty-two years in Management Consulting, industrial packaging, mining and bulk haulage of industrial raw materials.

He is the founder and Chairman of Redmoon Resources Limited, an industrial resources, mining and bulk haulage company.

Dr. Ayim-Darke is also the Chairman of Hamdark Industrial Packaging Limited, an industrial bag- production company.

Since he joined the AGI in 2003, he has served in a myriad of positions and capacities, at different times and, in each of them, offered sterling contributions, which have severally and collectively spurred on the AGI to attain significant levels of advocacy.

He was elected Greater Accra Regional Chair of the Association in 2011, a position he held for six years. By dint of hard work, he rose to the position of Vice President of the Association in charge of SMEs in 2017, a position he has held for the past six years.

Dr. Ayim-Darke currently serves as member on the Boards of the Millennium Development Corporation (MIDA); the Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC); the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC); the Ghana Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP); and the W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation, Ghana.

Dr. Humphrey Kwesi Ayim-Darke holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the Swiss Business School (SBS) Geneva, a Master’s (MA) in Applied Business Research from the Swiss Business School (SBS) Geneva, a Master of Arts (MA) in Organisational Development from the University of Cape Coast and is also an alumnus of the GIMPA Law School.

Ashok Ramchand Mohinani currently holds the position as the Executive Director of the Mohinani
Group (Ghana), a third-generation family business with over 50 years of experience in multi-sector operations in various industries across the African continent. The company started with
the manufacturing of packaging as its core business, before expanding into trade and distribution
in chemicals, polymers, consumer durables and more recently into restaurants & hospitality.

Ashok was born in Accra and had his primary education at the Ghana International School before
proceeding to the United Kingdom for his secondary and tertiary education at St. Lawrence
College and later at London school of Accountancy. He holds a qualification of ACCA
Accountancy.

Upon his return to Ghana, Ashok took up key roles in the manufacturing sector of the business,
from 1984 to 1987 after which he became the Deputy Managing Director of the Group. In 1991
he moved to Nigeria as Managing Director of Somotex Nigeria.

As current Executive Director and Country Head for the Group in Ghana, he has led the expansion
of the Group’s manufacturing and trading operations in the country which includes Poly Products,
Poly Sacks, Poly Tanks, Poly Kraft, Somotex Ghana Ltd, Electromart, Masco Foods Ltd. (KFC),
Arabella Estates Ltd and Somoco Ghana Ltd.

He is married with three children and enjoys tennis, travelling and philanthropy.

Mr. Raphael (Ralph) Mawuenyega Kojo Ayitey is the General Manager of Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra. Coconut Grove Hotels currently comprises of seven hotels and resorts in Ghana and Monrovia Liberia.

Ralph over the last 19 years is employed by Coconut Grove Hotels, derives a lot of energy, creativity, tenacity, integrity, love for Country Ghana and experience from the opportunities offered him by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, President and CEO of Groupe Nduom and Mrs. Yvonne Nduom, Manufacturing, Automobiles, Information Technology, Security, Construction, Agriculture, Sports and Real Estate sectors.

Ralph Ayittey holds a Post Graduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and a Diploma in Tourism and Travel Agency Management, UK. Ralph attended Adisadel College from 1984-1991 where he pursued his Ordinary and Advanced Level studies.

Ralph is currently the Sector Chairman for Hospitality and Tourism at the Association of Ghana Industries and a Council member, a position he took over from the Board Chairman of Coconut Grove Hotels Mrs. Yonne Nduom in 2014.

She is a Medical Aesthetician by profession. She is the CEO of FC Beauty Group Ltd with five subsidiaries namely FC Skin & Beauty Klinik that cares for the skin, hair, beauty and wellness needs of clients.

FC Perfumery & Cosmetics which is the distribution Company for the Group. FC Cosmetics Industries is the manufacturing Company that manufactures skincare, haircare and Make-up products under the Forever Clair label. Salon Equipment and Beauty Supplies (SEBS) is the distribution Company of Professional Beauty Products materials and Salon Equipment to students and Salon. FC Beauty College, the premier Hair, Spa and Beauty Therapy training institute in Ghana, has trained over (eight thousand) 8,000 local and international students over two decades.

In 2003, she was awarded the CIMG, Marketing Woman of the year 2002. She also received the prestigious award at the International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) 2010 in South Africa. Grace was a Country Winner, Africa’s Most Influential Women Awards 2014 as well as recipient of Most Enterprising Women of the year 2014 Award, USA and
the IPMATIC Africa Awards 2014 and several other awards for her achievements in the area of business.

Her passion for women and children led her to establish the Grace Amey-Obeng Foundation International (GAOFI) in 2007. GAOFI’s passion is to equip young girls who are into transactional sex with employable skills to help them develop alternative source of livelihood. GAOFI aims to take an estimated 1000 girls off the streets within the next 5 years.

Mr Danquah, is an astute Entrepreneur and Business Owner with several business entities in Ghana, South Africa and the United States Of America. He is an accomplished individual and an excellent negotiator with the ability to engage and influence business at all levels.

Mr Danquah, is an astute Entrepreneur and Business Owner with several business entities in Ghana, South Africa and the United States Of America. He is an accomplished individual and an excellent negotiator with the ability to engage and influence business at all levels.

Mrs. Afua Gyamfua Ababio is a seasoned Ghanaian entrepreneur and agriculturist with over 38 years of experience in industry. She is among the few female industrialists in Ghana and its giant hospitality industry. Her areas of expertise include establishment and management of a manufacturing industry and hospitality facility, market study and identification of goods for import and export; sales promotion and marketing of goods and products.

She has participated in various international trade fairs under the auspices of international organizations and industry associations to exhibit and promote made-in-Ghana products. She is a member of business associations in Ghana, including the Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and the formidable Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). She is the immediate past Chairperson of the Ashanti, Bono East and Ahafo regional Chapter of the AGI.

She also serves on the Executive Council of the National Chapter of AGI. and has been part of most international delegations of the Association. Due to her entrepreneurship and innovation powers, she has won several awards, which include Gold and Silver awards for Ashanti Business Excellence Awards for Industry of the Year; Hotel of the Year; and Best Export of the Year. For her outstanding leadership capabilities, Global Centre for Transformational Leadership, West Africa gave her an award in the category of Good Leadership in the year 2014.

Mrs. Gyamfua has a good working relation with the public sector in Ghana due to her active participation in entrepreneurship and private sector discourse.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Leicester University, UK, a past president of St. Monica’s Secondary School Old Students Association Ashanti. She is currently a board member of the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology Business Incubator and member of the Board of Trustees of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Trust Fund.

Mr. Mukesh V. Thakwani popularly known as Mike is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of B5 Plus Limited which is a certified ISO 9001:2015 QMS (Quality Management System) Company.

As an avid and astute businessman, Mr. Mukesh V. Thakwani has a rich experience of 25 years in steel industry in the African business landscape.

He founded B5 Plus Limited in year 2002. Owing to his highly customer-centric with excellent relationship building skills, B5 Plus Ltd has grown & became one of the premier steel industries in the West African region. His relentless efforts to propel B5 Plus Limited to the acme of excellence have established benchmark of customer service and quality for steel industries in Ghana.

As a philanthropist, he supports many NGOs that are working for the cause of education and health facilities in Ghana. He has graduated from the prestigious Harvard Business School successfully passing the owner/ president management programme- 51.

Mr. Mukesh Thakwani is the true educationist who envisaged building the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and has become their role model. “His focus is making DPSI carve a niche for itself on the map of West Africa.