Investpro Limited was the Lead Consultant for technical inputs, drafting and enactment into law of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) of Ghana. The project was commissioned and funded by the Government of Ghana and the World Bank. Investpro Limited also contributed in diverse ways to government policy decisions in shaping Ghana’s Public Procurement architecture over the years.

In the area of consultancy Investpro Limited’s reach goes beyond the borders of Ghana. Our firm provided technical support and consultancy services for the Commonwealth Secretariat in Ghana and Kenya.

Investpro Limited was mandated by the Ghana Shippers’ Council to provide management consultancy for the restructuring of the council’s Special Business Units. This work required the technical evaluation of the Council’s legal status and objectives as it relates to forming business units to provide internally generated funds. Our firm performed a legal, operational and management evaluation of the Council’s regulatory framework and operations to determine the feasibility and eligibility to establish the business units. Thereafter, Investpro Limited produced a final report, including the road map for the Council to set up their Business Units. This work enhanced the sustainability, efficiency and revenue generation of the Council to achieve its objectives and mandate.

As the West Africa Hub Contract & Procurement Manager for Shell International responsible for fourteen (14) countries, our Executive Chairman was responsible for designing and implementing procurement policies in line with global best practices for all operating Shell Companies in West Africa. In this position our Executive Chairman, designed and implemented supply chain (Total Procurement) initiatives towards the achievement of US $8.75 million in savings from 1999 through 2001. Our CEO’s major accomplishments at Shell included the following:

• Coordinated and secured global contracts and procurement initiatives within the Hub.
• Improved and streamlined business processes through supply chain management and upgraded the competency levels of Country Procurement Managers.

In his capacity as the Senior Auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co, our Executive Chairman was involved in complex consultancy assignments for all share, debenture and equity sale/transfer services, including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity private placements, corporate finance, valuation, forensic audits, business process re-engineering, debt restructuring and syndicated finance. During this period, he provided services to diverse companies listed on the NYSE with market capitalization in excess of US$50 Billion.

Our Executive Chairman was the Regional Director for Africa and Middle East Division of Colgate Palmolive with oversight responsibilities for seventeen (17) countries. In this position he managed all regional sourcing by leveraging Regional Pact Agreements (PTA, UEMOA, ECOWAS, SADC etc.) to extract the best tax and tariff concessions for the respective regional blocks. He developed an extensive regional database to monitor the operating performance of the manufacturing subsidiaries and to track key commodity prices for oils (Palm, Tallow and Coconut etc.) and chemicals for the use of all the subsidiaries in the Division. Our Executive Chairman was instrumental in the mapping and implementation of SAP (computer software) to reengineer business processes in Colgate Palmolive-South Africa. He also managed the procurement budgets, and provided policies and guidelines for all the seventeen subsidiaries in the Africa and Middle East Division.