Nana Kwabena Yeboah

Contributions to CIHRM

  • Guest Speaker – Conferral Ceremony – “Making HR Certification Work in the World of Work”, August 2023
  • Facilitator – “The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as a Strategy Communication Tool”, December 2023
  • Facilitation of Headline (Premium) Sponsorship for 2024 Annual General Meeting, August 2024
PositionExecutive Member
Membership NumberCHRMP 1200

Employment History

  • General Manager & Head, Human Resources, GCB Bank Plc, Accra, Ghana (Banking) – July 2022 – to date
  • Group HR Director, Zen Petroleum Ltd, Accra, Ghana (Downstream Oil & Gas) – November 2017- March 2022
  • HR Consultant, Dubai, UAE (General HR Consulting) – April 2016 – October 2017
  • HR Director, Petrofac Training, Sharjah, UAE (Training, Upstream Oil & Gas) – August 2014 – March 2016
  • Head of HR, Petrofac Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria (Upstream Oil & Gas) – September 2012 – August 2014
  • General Manager – HR, Olam International Ltd, Singapore, (based in Nigeria), (Commodities, Agric, FMCG)- January – September 2012
  • General Manager – HR & Admin/Ag. Group HR Manager, Lagos, Nigeria (Mid & Downstream Oil & Gas) December 2007 – December 2011
  • HR Manager/HR Dev’t Manager, Shell Ghana, Accra, Ghana (Downstream Oil & Gas) – April 2002-November 2007

Notable Achievements

  • Exemplary HR Business Leader of the Year, the Future Workplace Awards 2024, 1 of Top 30 Exemplary HR Business Leaders in Ghana 2023
  • Member, Executive Council of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA),
    2005 -2007, 2023 – to date)
  • Member, HR Development Committee, Ghana Employers Association (GEA)
  • Member, Tripartite Consultative Committee on the Regulations to the Labour Law, Act 651 of 2003.
  • Alumnus, London Business School (LBS) Senior Executive Programme (SEP 110), November 2023
  • Chartered Member, Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, (CIHRM), Ghana
  • Chartered Member – Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, (CIPD), UK
  • Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Society for Human Resource Management, US, 2008
  • Member, Institute of Directors, Ghana (IoD -Gh)
  • 22+ years of generalist Senior HR Management & Business Leadership
  • Hands-on, progressive & wide ranging, multi-national experience in banking, oil and gas (upstream, midstream, downstream), supply chain, FMCG, agri-business, manufacturing and training services
  • Excelled across multiple jurisdictions and geographies, with responsibilities for countries in West Africa, the Middle East, South-East Asia, Europe and North America
  • Proven track record in initiating & managing complex change and organizational development throughout career.
  • Experienced in different business and work environments: multinational, multicultural, local, structured & maturing, entrepreneurial, start-up and large, matrix, unionized/non- unionized
  • Pragmatic and commercially aware enabler of business performance
  • Versatile & solid self-starter and consistent high achiever, trusted & respected partner/advisor to line and management throughout career, been described as a “Business HR leader”.
  • Faculty/Facilitator/Instructor – PHRi and SPHRi @ HR Certification Centre, Accra, Ghana.
  • Author, “What Employers Want in Graduates”, 2007 revised 2012, adopted by MTN Nigeria for Student Development Programme
  • MBA General Management- University of Hull Business School (HUBS), Hull, UK, 2001
  • BA Political Science with Sociology (1st Class) – University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, 1999