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Name: Kwadwo Obeng

Age: 36 years

Marital status: Single

Last Company: Rigworld Group Company Limited

Position: Business Development Manager

Nationality: Ghanaian

Residence: Ghanaian

E-mail: adhq8j@r.postjobfree.com

Tel: +233-*********

2. SUMMARY

Key Professional Expertise

Kwadwo Obeng is an experienced business development/ corporate relationship manager with over 10 years’ of experience in the oil and gas industry, power sector, corporate communications, and electronic banking space. He also has expertise in mobile money being one of the key pioneers to develop the service with MTN Ghana. He has been instrumental in a number of facility(s) management in the oil and gas industry as well as the power sector. He managed companies like Rigworld group, transatlantic catering services, Stratcon energy, Ghana Oil Company limited (GOIL), Rama energy, Nasona oil, juwel energy, engine oil, BXC limited, menergy limited and Busi and Stephenson.

Between 2014 and 2015, He was part of the corporate and communication team that led the rebranding of Merchant Bank to now Universal Merchant Bank (UMB).He was very instrumental and a pioneer in the introduction of Mobile Money in Ghana by July 2009 with Scancom Ghana Limited (MTN).During that period He was in charge of back office activities as well as registering MTN subscribers and merchant onto the mobile money platform.

He led the team to establish the mobile money service at Merchant Bank now Universal Merchant Bank. He led the sales and operational team for five years. He was also a team member of the change management team which was an integral part of the project team that changed the banking software to T24 in 2015. Kwadwo has a rich experience in business development and worked with Rigworld Group one of the leading upstream oil and gas services companies.

Kwadwo seek to improve an organizational market position by achieving financial growth and affecting decisions that impact the organization. He has spent the last 10 years developing his skills as a salesperson/business development and a relationship management expert. Qualification

Kwadwo holds a Bachelor degree in Marketing from Central University as well as Higher National Diploma

(HND) in Marketing from Cape Coast Technical University. Relevant Experience in the Past 4 years in Business Development/ Relationship Management Period Position Description of assignment

Apr.2020-

July 2020

Business Development

Manager (Rigworld

Group)

Initiated and arranged USD10.8M Import Finance Facility for Stratcon Energy & Trading Limited to support the importation of refined Petroleum Product into the country. 2018-2019 Team Lead/Relationship

Manager-Upstream &

Power Unit.(First Atlantic

Bank)

Initiated and arranged USD10.8M Import Finance Facility for Stratcon Energy & Trading Limited to support the importation of refined Petroleum Product into the country.

Managed BXC Limited with an assets of GHS30m for the facilitation of ECG Lose reduction program at three communities in the Greater Accra Region.

Initiated, opened and managing Rigworld International Services and its sister company Transatlantic Catering Services.

Organize and write customers credit appraisal for onward submission to Credit Unit for MCC presentation.

Monitors to ensure that customer facility repayments are on schedule, operated within approved limits, and problem accounts are placed on early alert.

Ensure day-to-day customer enquiries, requests, and transactions are effectively handled to deliver excellent customer service.

Feb.2016-

July.2018

Relationship Officer-

Energy & Power Unit.

Universal Merchant

Bank(UMB)

Tasked with the responsibility of planning, organizing and managing assigned portfolio of accounts and market for new businesses with the objective of meeting set targets and ensuring that customer satisfaction is always achieved.

Managed a portfolio of businesses in the Energy and Power Desk including Ghana Oil, Juwel Energy, Oil Channel Limited, Fueltrade Limited, Agapet Limited, Star Oil, West Africa Petroleum, Busi and Stephenson, Rigworld

International Services and its subsidiaries.

Supported a USD10M import Finance Facility for Juwel Energy and Ebony Oil and Gas Limited to support the importation of refined Petroleum Product into the country.

Supported a USD5M import Finance Facility for Rama Energy and Nasona Oil (related companies) to support the importation of refined Petroleum Product into the country.

Supported with a GHS15M Invoice discounting Line for Rigworld International Services and Transatlantic Catering Services Limited to discount invoices from their counter parties (Maersk Drilling, Modec, ENI and Tullow).

Monitors to ensure that customer facility repayments are on schedule, operated within approved limits, and problem accounts are placed on early alert.

Liaise with credit Risk/Legal to ensure that all post- approval authority processes are met before disbursement.

Developed business relationship with existing customers and cross sell to them to generate business growth and customer retention.

Aug 2015-

Jan 2016

T24 Project

Management Member.

(Universal Merchant

Bank)

A member of the change management team responsible for internal and external communication of the project. Relevant Experience in Marketing and Corporate Communication June 2014-

Aug 2015

Team Lead-

Corporate

Communications

(Universal Merchant

Bank)

Responsible for all internal communications.

I managed the UMB Social Media Platforms–Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

I developed and manage marketing calendar for the entire bank on monthly basis.

Responsible for Corporate Sponsorship and CSR.

Monitor and managed contacts with the media.

Recommended and managed all UMB branded marketing collaterals.

Was very instrumental during the UMB “New You”

promotion the first major promotion undertook by the bank.

Mar. 2010 –

June 2014

Sales & Operations

Officer-Channels

Department.

(Universal Merchant

Bank)

Managed Mobile Money product and coordinated the day- to–day operations of the service across all UMB branches.

Organized training for Mobile Money service both internal and external merchants.

Coordinated all activities between MTN and UMB.

Played a pivotal role in UMB becoming 3rd for two consecutive times during MTN Mobile Money month

organized by MTN.

Supported and trained staff on E-zwich and provided support to the branches.

Generated GHs10M in terms of floats for Mobile Money before leaving the unit.

Dec 2008 –

Mar.2010

Back Office /Training

Officer. Scancom

Ghana Limited(MTN)

Co-ordinated all activities for merchant setup and training countrywide.

Was responsible for training and support of all partner banks-Fidelity, GT, Ecobank, Stanbic, UBA, Access and UMB.

Was responsible for all back office activities.

Was in charge of driving the activation of both merchants and subscribers onto the MM platform

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