MR. KWAKU DUAH BERCHIE
MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO
Kwaku has over 16 year’s managerial experience in Banking and Finance. He also has a cross sectorial experience in inventory & quality control, shipping and handling, real estate, accounting, taxation.
In Ghana, he has worked with firms such as Pentax Consultancy, and First Allied Savings & Loans Company (FASL) as Head of credit. He is a certified expert in Microfinance and SME financing. Prior to joining Golden Link Savings and Loans Ltd in October, 2019, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Pan African Savings and Loans (PASL), Ghana.
Kwaku was instrumental in the business and branch expansion that made FASL a leading Savings and Loans institution in Ghana before his exit in 2011. As the Chief Operating Officer at PASL, he oversaw the expansion of the company from 5 to 16 and in the process, making the institution a member of the prestigious Ghana Club 100.
He graduated as magna cum laude from the DeVry University before he obtained an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. Before delving into finance, he graduated from the University of Ghana with a Diploma in Theatre Arts with a specialization in Technical Directing. He is a Boulder Institute of Microfinance Graduate and a SEEP conference participant. Also, Kwaku has attended several work and professional related seminars, conferences, and trainings both locally and internationally.
Among his expertise are the creation of a Digital Financial Services solution in promoting financial inclusion, agricultural financing for smallholder cocoa farmers, product development, financial inclusion and capacity building. He is a lay preacher with the Prisons Ministry, Ghana, an adjunct lecturer in accounting and finance, and the former Chairman of the Ghana Association of Savings and Loans Companies (GHASALC), and a former Board member of the Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN) where he also acted as the Chairman.
