Management Team
Charles Annan-Kwofie - CEO
Mr. Charles Annan-Kwofie is the Chief Executive Officer at Family Fountain Assets and Securities Limited and it associates. He is currently the highest-ranking executive in Family Fountain and his primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company. He also arts as the main point of communication between the board of directors and corporate operations and being the public face of the company.
Charles joined Family Fountain as Head of Business in 2014 and was responsible for the overall corporate finance management and research engine of the firm. He rose through the ranks of the company to become an Executive Director before his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer.
He has rich expertise in SME Banking, Corporate Banking, Banking Operations, Asset/Funds Management, Debt and Equity Markets, Investment Research, Financial Risk Management, Business Strategy and Development, Corporate Valuation Analysis, Financial Modeling/Analysis, Credit Analysis and Credit Risk Modeling, Fixed Income Trading, Bond Portfolio Management, Treasury/Forex Analytics.
He worked with the defunct First Capital Plus Bank for three years as an SME Coordinator responsible for Abossey Okai, Dansoman, Kasoa and Accra New Town Branches of the Bank before joining Family Fountain. He also acted as the Deputy Head of the SME Department of the Bank in the absence of the substantive Head. By virtue of this position, he was part of the management committee of the Bank and also a credit committee member. He controlled over 30% of the total portfolio of the SME Department in the 2012 financial year.
Prior to his First Capital Plus appointment, he was a Client Relationship Manager with defunct uniBank Ghana Limited. Charles was selected among the “High Flyers” of the Bank after his National Service and rose through the ranks to attain the CRM position which was available for result oriented and smart employees to ring fence them to the organization.
Charles also undertook Industrial Attachments with First Bank Ghana Limited formerly known as International Commercial Bank Ghana Limited. He was in the Clearing Department understudying the representative of the Bank who acted as a Liaison Officer between the bank and the Central Bank. He got the opportunity to represent the Bank at the Central Bank during the redenomination of the cedi in 2007 where clearing was done manually.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Coast and an International Executive Master of Business Administration IEMBA (Banking and Finance option) from Paris Graduate School of Management. He also holds a Diploma in Business Management and Administration from ICM, London and has certificate in Risk Management Cambridge Global Partners Academy, London.
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Benjamin Ahene - Head of Finance & Investment
Benjamin is the Finance & Investment Manager of Family Fountain Asset Management & Securities Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana (ICAG) and holds BSc. Accounting from Pentecost University . Ben holds a Security Industry Certificate from the Ghana Stock Exchange. Ahene Benjamin is commercially astute professional with a solid track record in accounting, financial management, auditing, taxation and public sector accounting with several years of experience in the Industry to his credit. Prior to joining Family Fountain Asset & Securities Limited he was with Man Capital Partners Limited as Finance & Administration Manager. He started his professional career with CFY Partners-Accra as a Senior Auditor.
He amassed a vast array of experience and knowledge from various areas of practice. As a senior auditor, he supervised the audit of high profile clients such as IGS Financial Services, Kona Agro Processing Limited, Marubeni Corporation, Mental Health Society of Ghana, UNA Agencies, SCG Consulting Limited, National Catholic Service Centre, Beetle Star Limited, Saint Martin de Porres Hospital, Sekaf Ghana. Ahene Benjamin was also instrumental in developing policy and procedure manual and advisory services for UNA Agencies and Investment Limited, among other companies.
He has undertaken and attended several training and workshops on tax planning, Business Process Engineering, Leadership, Private Company Audit System, IFRS among others. His experience, knowledge and skills brings on board the expertise needed to create the apt financial management environment for the company to operate effectively.
Joel Budu - Compliance Officer
Budu’s background in Actuarial Science gives him a sophisticated approach in risk management and problem solving, but his real passion comes from applying that knowledge in areas of financial analysis, evaluation, modeling and risk analysis. He was instrumental in modeling investment products to suite our suave investors.
Prior to joining Family Fountain, he worked as a claims officer with the Akuapem South Health Insurance Scheme and contributed immensely during the introduction of BMS to the scheme.
Budu graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science and holds the Ghana Stock Exchange Securities Certificate. He is currently undertaking Financial modeling program.