Work Experience
Jul 2013 to date Jospong Group & Zoomlion Group Accra, Ghana
Business Development Manager (International Business Relations Manager)
Nurture new business opportunities & support current operations
Part of BD team charged to seek investments & partnerships for both Groups
Work for the Executive Chairman on his strategic projects & international business
Currently facilitating the establishment of a metal plant with foreign investors; looking at the establishment of other steel plant; and negotiating real estate/property deal
http://jospongroup.com and http://www.zoomlionghana.com
May 2012 - Jul 2013 Jospong Group of companies (JGC) Accra, Ghana
International Relations Manager (Asia/Far East)
Manager of Asian workers within the Jospong Group (before Zoomlion Group was formed)
I was in charge of immigration, traveling, accommodation, health and logistic needs of all Asians (Indians & Chinese experts mostly).
I planned, received & hosted guests (experts/investors & others) for the JGC
I was one of three people who served as the International Business Team of the CEO: we hosted senior executives and international figures & managed the affairs of our international offices - Dubai, Beijing, India.
Oct 2011 - Apr 2012 Jospong Group of companies (JGC) Accra, Ghana
Chinese Operations Coordinator (AIETC Chinese Operations Supervisor)
Recruited in Beijing to oversee Chinese Operations of Zoomlion Ghana Limited - a role previously played by Vice Gen Mgr of AIETC http://www.aietc.com/en/about.
I was responsible for the logistics, accommodation, immigration, accommodation & health, transportation and traveling needs of Chinese workers in Ghana including those coming on short visits, contract negotiations and feasibility studies
I also managed all the Chinese translators attached to the Chinese workers and/or projects.
My role was to serve as liaison for CEO (and later Corporate Office) and China office from which I was employed.
Aug 2010 - Sept 2011 AMIO Education Group Shandong, China
Foreign Teacher
3rd teaching job in China (first using the DynEd Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) model http://www.dyned.com/us/)
Only foreign teacher within AMIO to have completed DynEd online course with 100% score among all franchise schools
Honed students' language skills by invoking a reward system that made students compete to listen, understand, identify then later spell, write and form their own sentences using cues: flashcards; stem sentences; prompters, etc
Sept 2008 - Jul 2010 University of Jinan Shandong, China
College English, Lecturer http://www.ujn.edu.cn/english/
1st teaching job in China teaching (organized by the International Office for students of the Economic Department majoring in International Trade)
Taught six classes: three freshmen classes & three sophomore classes (average class size of 42) in the 2008/9 academic year
Taught 256 students in the second semester of the 2009/10 academic year
All courses were geared towards improving Oral (Listening & Speaking) Skills of the Chinese students
Sept 2008 - Jul 2010 Web International English (Jinan) Training Center Shandong, China
ESL Teacher http://www.webi.com.cn/en/
2nd teaching job in China (first using the DynEd Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) model http://www.dyned.com/us/)
Taught private classes (max 5 students); salon classes (max 10 students) and open lecturer courses: Business Series; Career Skills; and personalized Western Study Skills
Taught 25 classes per week (Wed to Sun) on a shift that ran 40hr per week
Sept 2009 - Mar 2010 IIBT Australia Jinan Campus, Shandong, China
Education and Qualifications
2012 University of Cape Town, South Africa Project Administration Course
via GetSmarter http://www.getsmarter.co.za
2009 - 2010 University of Liverpool, UK 2 MBA Modules
(via laureate Online Education) Corporate Strategy; Managing People
2009 - 2010 ITTO TEFL
Guadalajara, Mexico An online teacher-training course
2009 University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
Cambridge, UK Cambridge ESOL Exam, Shanghai, China
2008 - 2010 University of Jinan Certificate of Continuing Education
Jinan, Shandong Chinese Language Courses
2002 - 2006 University of Ghana BA (Hons) Psychology with Sociology
