Meet the Directors

Simon Victory Quarcson Hamenoo

Simon is a result oriented and multi-talented hardworking gentleman who is highly motivated in working towards administrative, organizational productivity and corporate development. He has extensive expertise in Research Methods, Proposal Development, Research Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programs/Projects Development, Policy Analysis, Project Design and Management through education, research and project experiences. He’s done some works for the following international organizations in the last five years:

- Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in collaboration with the Columbia University, USA.

- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

- Bureau for Integrated Rural Development (BIRD), KNUST

- United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

- Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

- The Energy Center, KNUST

- World Vision and TREND Ghana.

Being a Development Policy Scientist, an Agriculturist and a Researcher with training in statistical tools and data collection, Simon has developed flair of development and institutional research. Simon has an MSc Development Policy and Planning; BSc Agriculture; Dip Financial Management; Dip Business Management and Administration.

Major Skills and Expertise:

- Program/Project Design and Management; Monitoring and Evaluation.

- Data processing and policy analysis

- Project/Research Supervision and Teaching of Research Methods.

- Development of Expression of Interests and Project Documents.

- Proposal Writing (National and International).

- Technical/ Consultancy Report writing (National and International)

Benjamin Agyei-Owusu

Benjamin Agyei-Owusu is a researcher and an academic specialized in Supply Chain Management and Information Systems. He attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), obtaining a BSc and MBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the KNUST School of Business. He has served as a Research Assistant and a Graduate assistant in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, and currently volunteers as a post-graduate researcher with the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems. He has led and been involved in several academic and organizational research studies. His scholarly works have been published in leading Information Systems and Supply Chain Management journals and conferences.

Special skills:

- Research and proposal writing

- Qualitative and quantitative analysis with Excel, SPSS, Minitab, LISREL, SmartPLS, etc.

- Manuscript and Paper preparation

- Proof-reading and paper review

Mawuli Amedofu

Mawuli Amedofu is a researcher and an academic, specialized in Supply Chain Management, Economics, and Geography. He holds an MPhil in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from KNUST, an MA in Economics from KNUST, and BA in Economics and Geography from University of Ghana. He is a facilitator supply chain related courses under the Institute of Distant Learning, a Graduate Assistant with the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, and a Research Assistant serving as a member of research consortium of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies, (CeCASt), KNUST. He is into business and cultural product development, conference facilitation, and is the Programmes Director of Springverve, an Arts Organization.

Skills/Expertise:

- Data processing and analysis

- Academic Conference planning and facilitation

- Manuscript and paper reviews