MBA Candidate - Financial Risk & Advisory Leader

AKWASI SARPONG

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University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Charlottesville, VA Candidate for Master of Business Administration, Full-time MBA – STEM OPT Eligible BCG Scholar May 2027

• Active member: Finance Club, GBCC (Club President), Tech Club, Darden African Business Organization, and Private Equity Club Wisconsin International University College Accra, Ghana Bachelor of Business Studies, Major in Finance and Banking Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude GPA: 3.96/4.00 2019

• 4-time Overall Best Student; 4-time Dean's Excellence Award Honoree; Students Innovation Award Honoree; 1st Runner-Up, 2019 Ghana Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (National Finance and Accounting Competition) EXPERIENCE

KPMG AFRICA Accra, Ghana

Senior Associate, Financial Advisory – Risk (FSI, IND and TMT Markets) 2020 to 2025 Advised financial risk and financial management solutions for diverse clients in the FSI, IND, and TMT Markets across Africa

• Designed and implemented data-driven credit risk and underwriting frameworks for a large, structured credit investment platform, reducing non-performing exposure by 25% and enabling $15M+ in incremental secured credit origination through improved risk segmentation and decision automation.

• Built expected loss and stress-testing models for 6 institutional portfolio managers overseeing $110M+ in assets, mitigating $18M in downside risk through scenario-driven risk allocation.

• Led liquidity risk modeling and multi-scenario cash flow forecasting for 8 institutional borrowers, supporting capital raises exceeding $20M while reducing projected liquidity gaps by 35.5% through constraint-based modeling.

• Advised 7 corporate treasury and structured finance clients on interest rate exposure and funding structure optimization, lowering aggregate annual financing costs by $14.8M via quantitative rate sensitivity analysis.

• Built portfolio-level risk monitoring dashboards for 1 institutional asset manager and a syndicate of 5 lending institutions, improving early risk event detection speed by 42% through automated monitoring and alerting systems.

• Developed risk-adjusted return and valuation models for 5 major pan-regional private equity investment firms, delivering a 15.5% average improvement in risk-adjusted portfolio performance over three years.

• Led a 5-person analytics team to first place in KPMG's Industry Research Competition, translating quantitative market analysis into $1.3M in new financial services engagements within two years.

TRYBE PRO www.trybeprohq.com Accra, Ghana

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 2019 to Present

• Built Africa's first multifaceted human capital platform spanning education consulting, corporate career services, adventure travel, and athletics placement; scaled to 120% year-over-year revenue growth and pioneered 8 proprietary community initiatives across the continent.

• Secured $4.9M+ in scholarships and funding for 190+ students placed at top universities across the USA, UK, and Canada, including Oxford, Dartmouth Tuck, MIT Sloan, and Stanford, through our proprietary Visibility-Positioning-Conversion (VPC) consulting framework.

• Designed and launched the Trybe GRE Charge-Up Program, a continent-wide virtual tutoring platform serving 750+ applicants and achieving an average GRE score of 329 for approximately 60% of participants through structured tutoring and exam strategy coaching.

• Pioneered 8 proprietary initiatives, including Trybe Cares, Trybe Counseling, Trybe Expos, Trybe GRE Charge-Up Hub, Trybe in the Park, Trybe Mentorship Hub, PenPower Challenge, and Trybe Ubuntu, creating a self-sustaining brand ecosystem that drives organic client growth.

• Positioned Trybe Pro as the only African consultancy treating athletic ability on par with academic ability, opening a differentiated pipeline into US college athletic scholarship placement across an underserved market. PEREZ ENERGY LIMITED Accra, Ghana

Deputy Finance and Strategy Manager 2019 to 2020

Managed budgeting and cost optimization for efficient import and distribution of petroleum products; developed growth strateg ies

• Accelerated sales by 23.5% in 6 months by developing 4 proprietary technical training decks on petroleum lubricants, API classifications, and SAE viscosity standards for sales agents and industrial clients.

• Secured industrial supply offtake deals worth approximately $960K via multiple proprietary market capture engagements for industrial clients.

• Recovered $95K+ by auditing sales transactions, identifying missed charges, and establishing monitoring processes to track revenue.

• Drove a 31% expansion in the active client base within 12 months by identifying and converting untapped industrial accounts across key manufacturing and logistics sectors, directly contributing to top-line revenue growth.

• Penetrated an untapped mid-size manufacturing segment with zero prior supplier relationships, building a proprietary outreach and proposal framework that generated $175K in net new contract revenue within two quarters. CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Certifications: ACCA Level 2; Financial Planning and Wealth Management; Claude Advanced MCP; Claude Code in Action; Claude AI Fluency

• Financial Modeling and Analytics: Value at Risk (VaR); Annuity pricing and valuation; PBO vs. ABO Modelling; Bond pricing and spread analysis; Expected Credit loss and stress-testing modeling; Risk-adjusted return and valuation modeling; Basel-aligned capital optimization modeling; Portfolio-level performance dashboards; Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) planning; Business valuation methods - DCF, LBOs, NAV Modelling; Buy-sell agreement funding analysis.

• Advisory and Transaction Skills: Transaction and Due Diligence Support; Client Relationship Management; Client Mandate Development; Product Selling and Open Pitching; Go-To-Market Strategy; Estate Planning Advisory; Structured finance advisory; Liquidity risk modeling; Interest rate sensitivity analysis; Cross-institution benchmarking; Funding structure optimization.

• Interests: Relationship Management; Trail Hiking, Camping and Outdoor Exploration; Event and Landscape Photography; Road Trips; Website UI/UX Design; Afrobeat Concerts; Classic Country and Western Music; Real Estate Documentaries; Writing Psychology Articles.

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