# Team
Our Team
Mr. Isaac Ofori Poku
Group Chairman
Mr. Bernard Tandoh
Member
Mr. Joseph Sackey
Member
Mr. Isaac Ofori-Poku
Chairman
Mr. Isaac Ofori-Poku is the Executive Chairman of GBC and majority shareholder of IOP Group of Companies, the parent company of OPCL. He has over 30 years extensive working experience in the industries of his various businesses he formed and nurtured under the IOP group. Prior to the acquisition of GBC by OPCL, he managed the haulage contract services. He has implemented many cost-effective measures to ensure continuity and profitability of his group of companies. Mr Ofori Poku has extensive international business experience and relationships with global business powerhouses such as Posco International, Hyundai, Polaris, Samsung, Daewoo, CHTC, and SAMI. As the CEO of the IOP Group of Companies, he has provided strategic leadership in pursuit of the vision of building a competitive Ghanaian business with a solid income base, creating more employment avenues for others and contributing to the growth and development of Ghana. He was actively involved in the establishment of many other subsidiaries of the Group such as GH-Daewoo Motors Ghana Limited, GH-Express Ghana Limited and Family Fountain Assets and Securities Limited. He has attended numerous courses and seminars under the disciplines of financial management and analysis, bookkeeping, human resource management, leadership and corporate governance.
Mr. Robert Danso
Director
Mr Robert Kwaku Danso Boakye is a Partner of OAB Financial Advisors and a Banking and Finance Consultant. Robert has over 30 years' experience in Commercial Banking in Ghana. He was the Country Head Retail Operations of Ecobank Ghana from January 2012 to March 2017 responsible for coordination of all aspects of branch banking operations and interface with e- banking suite and mobile money operations. Prior to that Robert held various Senior Management positions at The Trust Bank Limited Ghana from December 1994 to December 2011 in Treasury Management, Credit and Corporate Banking, Consumer/ Commercial Banking – SME as well as Banking Operations. Robert also worked for the Social Security Bank (now Societe Generale) for 8 years within their Development Finance Division from 1981-1989. Robert serves on several Boards which include St Jude Hospital Obuasi, Trust Care Hospital Kumasi and Holy Cross Technical Training Institute Takoradi. He is also a Board member of New York University African House and Centre for Technology and Economic Development CTED. Robert is an astute academic with a BA in Economics from University of Ghana 1981, MSc International Banking and Financial Studies, Edinburgh Business School-Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1990 and was a PhD candidate Economics University of Surrey, Guildford ,United Kingdom 1993-95. He is an avid fan of Liverpool FC and Asante Kotoko FC, with a passion for music, swimming, basketball and drumming.
Mr. George Ofosuhene
Director
Mr. Ofosuhene is an Investment Banker with over twenty-eight years extensive experience working in high-level positions in the banking industry in Ghana. He was actively involved in the development of merchant banking products, project evaluation and appraisal, assisting in the identification of potential investors for projects and offering advice on investment opportunities and incentives. Mr Ofosuhene was a member of the team that handled the first two Initial Public Offerings on the Ghana Stock Exchange in 1992. Also, he was key member of the team that arranged the listing of eight companies out of initial fifteen companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. This required undertaking background preparatory work and bringing the companies into compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the stock exchange. Mr Ofosuhene played a pioneering role in the establishment and growth of two successful banks in Ghana, namely, First Atlantic Merchant Bank and The Trust Bank that was acquired by Ecobank. His main focus at these banks was on the creation of strategies to gain market presence through identification and implementation of innovative products. He has twelve years at a senior managerial level of two banks taking active part in policy formulation and implementation of strategic objectives. He was for four years a member of the apex committee of First Atlantic Merchant Bank with responsibility at the Board level for the Bank’s risk assets. He was also a member of the Management Board of the Bank, the apex decision making committee of the bank and divisional head of its Credit and Marketing wing. He led a team of seasoned analysts with the primary objective of creating new relationships and deepening existing relationships. Currently Mr. Ofosuhene is the Chief Executive Officer of BOND Savings and Loans Plc, a NonBank Financial Institution licensed by Bank of Ghana to provide banking and other financial services to the business community in Ghana. He has been in this position since inception of the company in 2008 and continues to provide leadership and strategic direction.