Zelda Barnes
CEO, The Creators' Consult

Zelda Barnes, a Professional ADR Consultant and HR Practitioner who has a versed background in Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution and Human Capital Management.   She is the CEO of The Creator’s Consult, an ADR Consultancy Firm which primarily advocates Peace and advices on the best ADR practices for our time.   She holds a Professional Executive Master in Appropriate Dispute Resolution from the PULSE Institute, Africa; a BSc. Administration (HRM) from the Central University College, Ghana; an Executive Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution from The Gamey & Gamey Academy of Mediation and a Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Ghana, Legon.

She doubles up as an HR Practitioner with Cob-A Industries Limited with a staff strength of 996 and has been involved in engagements covering the areas of Administration, Compensation, Performance Management, Human Capital Management and Development – Corporate Training which particularly bothers around Human Relations at the workplace, Team Work just to mention but a few.

She is passionate about issues affecting Women, Children, Equal Justice for All and Good Human Relations; she therefore works extensively towards its development where she makes presentations on such research work and proactively delivers on Strategic Leadership. In all One could proudly say that She is Peace Advocate.

Geneva Musau
Director, HR & Administration- Zain Ghana

Geneva Musau is an International Human Resource Practitioner with close to 20 years of experience.  She has served at Senior Management level in a number of companies including General Motors, British American Tobacco (BAT), KPMG and Oxfam (GB). In her work, she has been directly responsible for Human Capital outcomes in a number of countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland, North & South Sudan and Ghana.  She is currently an HR and Administration Director in a leading Telecommunications company in Ghana.

She has delivered talks on Success and Careers to groups of people in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.  She has authored a Success book “The lost Laws of Success” (www.thelostlawsofsuccess.com) which expounds on some of the foundational truths needed for one to succeed in their chosen field.  Geneva is a certified Life Coach (Australia) and a member of the Association for Coaching (MAC UK).  She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Nairobi, (Kenya), a Masters in International Business Administration from the United States International University – Africa (Kenya) and a Master of Arts Degree in Human Resources from Demontfort University (UK).

Geneva is certified in many HR assessment methodologies such as Assessment Centre Management, Occupational Personality Testing (OPQ), Ability Testing (SHL), Hay Job Evaluation (HAY) and is a certified facilitator of the Extraordinary Leader Program (Louis Allen Worldwide).  She has been in Advanced Consulting Skills, has completed the Advanced HR Academy and Advanced Management Program at the London Business School. She is also the Founder of a Charitable Organization; Life Coaching Foundation (www.lcfkenya.org), which identifies needy girls in the community and works to support them with tuition fees, uniforms, books and other school requirements.  She also works with the mothers of the identified girls and supports them to start small businesses to supplement their household income.  She applies her coaching skills to help change the lives of those enrolled at the Foundation. Geneva is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Human Resource Management (USA).

Eva Richter Addo,
Head of HR, Zenith Bank Ghana Ltd

Eva is a commercially astute HR practitioner with over fourteen (14) years working experience – ten (10) of which was with a renowned Big Four organisation – KPMG. I joined KPMG in 1995 as a Consultant, rose through the ranks to become a Business Unit Head in 2000 responsible for the strategic direction of the HR consultancy unit – reporting to the Senior Partner. 
Eva joined Zenith Bank Ghana Limited at its inception in 2005 as Head (HR & Corporate Communications).  A member of the Executive Committee I am responsible for formulating and implementation the human resource management & corporate communications strategies of the Bank.   
She also has to her credit rich experience in Executive Search and Selection, Reward Management, Performance Management, Project Management, Employee Training & Development, Organizational Structuring, Job Design and Evaluation.

Victor Madubuko, PHR
President & Chief Executive Officer
CareerNation

Mr. Madubuko is the President and Chief Executive Officer at CareerNation, a New York based human resource consulting firm with offices across Africa. Mr. Madubuko has over a decade of experience in both the public and private sectors. He has worked for a variety of companies including Consolidated Edison New York, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and also served as the Director of Talent Acquisition at Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City.

Mr. Madubuko received a Law Degree from the People's Friendship University, Moscow and Masters of Science Degree in management at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy in New York City. Before continuing his education in Moscow and New York, Mr. Madubuko studied Economics at Abia State University, Nigeria.  Mr. Madubuko was awarded the prestigious Moscow Entrepreneur of The Year award and the Isabor Lubin award for outstanding academic achievement in the New School University graduate program.

While in Moscow, Mr. Madubuko founded his own company and became one of the first minority entrepreneurs to establish and manage a foreign-owned business. His experience has encompassed international business creation, human resource management, and organization development.  Mr. Madubuko is affiliated with several professional associations and has served on the Alumni Council Committee at the Milano Graduate School and on the Nigerian Task force at the Corporate Council on Africa. Mr. Madubuko was named one of the 40 under 40 Nigeria CEO in America by the African Professional Network. He has lived and worked in Africa, Europe, and United State and is fluent in Russian, English, Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.

Dr. Esi Ansah
Founder and CEO of Axis Human Capital Ltd

Dr. Esi E. Ansah is a founder and CEO of Axis Human Capital Ltd.  Axis is a socially conscious HR firm that does recruitment and selection for clients in various industries.  Axis also works with organizations in the areas of organizational development, talent management, and business advisory services among a few others.

Esi is also an Assistant Professor at the Ashesi University College.  Her teaching experience includes teaching Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Negotiation. Prior to lecturing at Ashesi, Esi taught African Politics and Comparative Politics at Rutgers University for three years, and has extensive experience in career coaching of university students.  Her other professional interests include human resource development in the public sector, and social and public entrepreneurship.

Victor Diali
CEO/Managing Consultant, Management Consultant, Trainer, Success Coach & Executive Compere
MOTIVO International Training & Consulting

For over 14 years Victor Diali has been investing his life into helping people succeed at work and at home.  He has been called upon as a trainer by organisations of various sizes in almost all sectors of the economy.  Victor has been described as one of the most effective corporate trainers to have come out of Africa. One of Victor’s driving philosophies is that motivation is the key to every human action. Every human being does things for a reason. Victor believes that for desired change to happen in any individual or group there must be motivation. As a result of this he uses a training technique which he calls “MOTIVated Learning”. MOTIVated Learning is simply a method utilizing various motivational tools to ensure learners acquire knowledge powerful enough to influence action and thereby create lasting change. Most training methods lack motivation and end up being just that – training. Victor Diali is committed to changing this. Victor’s smooth and uniquely motivating style of training has endeared him to his students everywhere he has taught. He is a well sought after keynote speaker, trainer and coach. Over 5,000 individuals, including professionals from diverse backgrounds and representing over 300 organisations from across Africa, have benefited from the immense depth of knowledge and breadth of skill of this great trainer.

Victor has a burning passion for developing the potential in people. He is a charming and prolific speaker, coach and trainer who believes every individual is blessed with unique gifts, strengths and abilities which can be developed and harnessed to benefit mankind and ensure personal fulfillment. He has developed and published some audio books including titles such as "The Making of a Round Peg: Discovering your Purpose in Life", "Your Attitude; Your Life" and "The Art of Effective Presentation Delivery" which are available in book stores across Nigeria. He is the creator and co-host of a vibrant self-development programme that airs at 6.45am every weekday on 92.3 Inspiration FM in Lagos, Nigeria. In 1998, while working as a trainer for NCR Nigeria PLC, he became one of the first five Microsoft Certified Trainers in Nigeria and one of the earliest in Africa. For two years after that Victor taught IT certification courses including the prestigious Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in several countries across Africa. He also trained professionals on Selling Skills courses.

SENYO M. ADJABENG (MSc Eng, CBA, C.Med/Arb, MIoD)
Chief Executive Officer. Corporate Aims Services Ltd

Mr. Senyo M. Adjabeng is an affable and dynamic professional and currently the CEO of Corporate aims Services Ltd, a Labour Law advisory, HR Solutions and Conflict Management Consultancy.  He brings several years of experience to the practice of Labour and Conflict Management in sectors such as Banking, Mining, Manufacturing, Justice and IT/Communications. 

Senyo is a Certified Mediator and Arbitrator listed with the National Labour Commission of Ghana and has been involved in several Arbitrations and Mediations including APS BPS Vs. Redundant Managers, WAEC Vs. TEWU and UNICOF Vs. NESTLE.  He has also worked on major Conflict Resolution Programmes as the National Coordinator of the ADR Programme of the Judicial Service of the Republic of Ghana, and in advisory capacities with the Women and Children’s Desk of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). 

He is a published author of several international articles on Labour/Employment Relations and Alternative Disputes Resolution as well as the columnist/writer of Workplace Back to Back in the Business and Financial Times newspaper, Africa’s leading source of credible and relevant business information. 
Senyo is a member of the Institute of Human Resources Practitioners, Ghana, (IHRPG) and the Institute of Directors, Ghana (IoDG).  He holds a Degree in Minerals Processing and Metallurgical Engineering as well as Post Graduate qualifications in Business Administration from GIMPA, Ghana.  He also holds a Certified/Professional Practice Certificate in Mediation and Arbitration Practice - Advocacy and Training.

Henry Atta Paidoo
Senior Professional In Human Resources (Sphri)

Mr. Henry Atta-Paidoo is a seasoned HR Management Practitioner with HR Generalist experience spanning twenty-five years mainly in the public sector environment.
He is currently an independent HR Consultant with special interest in the area of Strategic Human Resource Management, Change Management, People Management, Workforce Engagement and Talent Management.

Mr. Henry Atta-Paidoo was for seven years the Director of HR, Forestry Commission and played a lead role in the amalgamation of four autonomous civil service institutions in the forestry sector into a corporate entity.

Between 2002 and 2008, Mr. Henry Atta-Paidoo led and directed the HR Team in the Forestry Commission in collaboration with an external facilitator to design, develop and roll out a bundle of HR systems and practices as part of the Institutional Reforms of the Commission to transit from a civil service institution into a customer focused and business oriented corporate entity. He also led the HR Team in implementing change management initiatives in the Commission to internalize these systems and practices. He also has extensive experience in recruitment, training and development.

In 2008, he worked as an independent HR Consultant for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to develop compensation and benefit package for the Rural Enterprise Project (Ghana) funded by IFAD, and as a consultant to facilitate the selection process to recruit eleven Project Specialists for the Agricultural Sector Rehabilitation Project, Sierra Leone also funded by IFAD in 2008.
Currently, Mr. Paidoo is an Independent HR Consultant and  also Associate Trainer for BJ GLOBAL ,an Executive recruitment ,training and consulting firm ,affiliated to ANTAL INTERNATIONAL a  Global executive recruitment firm.

Mr. Atta-Paidoo is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Human Resource Certification Institute, Virginia, USA, a member, Society for Human Resource Management, Virginia, USA, Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners, Ghana and the Geneva based International Labour Relations Association affiliated to the International Labour Organization. He is a certified Mediator/Arbitrator of the Ghana National Labour Commission.

Mr. Albert Ankrah
Chief Executive Officer
Hope Coalition International

An experienced Human resource professional, Albert studied Human Resource management for his 1st degree. He worked with Thompson Consulting, a Human Resource Consulting Firm, initially as a Marketing Executive and subsequently as the Training and Recruitment coordinator.

He also worked with the Future Leaders Group, which comprised the Foundation for Future Leaders International (FFLI), the Wisdom Centre International (WCI), the Leadership and Career Development Consult (LCD) and the Centre for Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development (CELED).

At the Future Leaders Group, Albert managed the Wisdom Centre International which is a Company with focus on Marketing and Promotion of Knowledge relevant products. He also had an added responsibility of managing the Centre for Leadership and Entrepreneurship development, a Competency based Business school also in Accra. He has had the rare experience of working with people like Mr. Brain Tracy (A motivational speaker/Author) and Mr. Emmanuel Dei-Tumi (Motivational speaker/Author) among others. He now works with the Regent University College of Science and Technology as the Assistant Public Affairs Manager.

He is also the CEO of Hope Coalition International, a Human resource development organization which specializes in Client culture development, career development and potential recognition just to mention a few. He is a member of both Ghana Youth Development Network and the Domestic Violence Coalition. Albert is an Associate of Waves International, a youth development oriented NGO working in Ghana. He has completed a Master of Arts programme in development. democracy, governance and Law at the University of Cape Coast.  He enjoys reading and adventure travels for leisure.

Abiola Adepoju
Fellow, Institute of Training and Occupational Learning in the UK

Abiola Adepoju has a rich and varied background, which allows her to draw from a wealth of knowledge and experience. She holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from University of Reading (UK), an MBA specialising in managing in developing countries and managerial finance from Cardiff Business School and an MSc in Analysis, Management and Development of Information Systems from the London School of Economics. Additionally, Abiola is a certified Project Manager with PMI and Prince2, and a Fellow of the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning in the UK.

She has 12 years of experience working in finance and human resources. Abiola has led projects focused on strategic planning, change management, HR systems and organisational model review and development in both private and public sector organisations. She is passionate about growing herself and people through personal and professional development.

Marterson Armah
Director of Human Resources at the Ghana Cements Ltd.

Marterson Armah is the Director of Human Resources at the Ghana Cements Ltd. Before then he worked with SSNIT as an officer and head of welfare unit.

He later joined the Ashanti Goldfields Limited as a Senior Administration Officer in the Bibiani Mines and was instrumental in the setting up of the HR structures in the mine which was then at its formative stages of development. He rose to through the ranks to become the Human Resource Manager of the Ashanti Goldfields Ayanfuri Mines Limited.

Materson Armah holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master of Arts Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology all from the University of Ghana. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Virginia, USA since 2001 and an Associate Member, Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand.

A keen sportsman, he has also had an assignment with the Junior National Team which he left to pursue his first degree.