Ansumana Darboe

Learning & Development Manager

Ansu is a young and bright professional with over 7 years of finance and internal auditor experience in the transportation sector. He currently works as an Assistant Finance Manager with the Gambia Transport Services Company. Ansumana was previously an internal auditor with the same company.

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A mentor of many aspiring accountants, Ansu is an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA).

Betty Marong

Betty Marong

Vice President

Mrs Betty Marong is an experienced accountant with a wealth of experience in the Energy sector and statutory audit. She is the current Group Finance Director at National Water & Electricity Company (Gambia). Betty started her finance career with KPMG in Norway, where she rosed to the role of Audit Manager within 9 years. 

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She has previously worked as Group Financial Controller of SN Power AS, a Norwegian company that operates power distribution and generation assets in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Mrs Marong has Masters in accounting and auditing from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

As someone with a strong passion for Women empowerment, Betty is also the Vice President of The SaGG Foundation, a platform that supports underprivileged and marginalized girls with the opportunity to go to school.

ebrima sawaneh

Ebrima Sawaneh

President

Ebrima Sawaneh is the Group CFO of Arise Ports & Logistics. He has over 16 years of experience in the financial services and port sector across Africa. Ebrima was Vice President, Financial Control and Budgeting at Africa Finance Corporation. He has also worked for a number of leading commercial banks in the Gambia.

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Mr Sawaneh holds an MBA in Finance from Edinburgh Business School, UK and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with more than 10 years post qualification experience encompassing regulatory reporting, strategic planning, risk management, process re-engineering and business partnering. He has also attended several Leadership programmes such as the Wharton School, McKinsey Academy & IBM Date Science.

Ebrima is an Amazon international bestselling author, blogger, and part-time lecturer of Corporate Governance at the Executive Development Centre ( Edinburgh Business School) in Lagos. He trains & speaks at seminars on personal development, personal finance, Finance, Business Partnering, Technology etc.

Momodou S Fatty,

Secretary

Momodou is a Chartered Accountant with a wealth of experience in banking, internal audit and financial control. He currently works as an Accountant with the German International Development Co-operation (GIZ) Police Project. Mr Fatty has previously worked as an internal auditor within the banking industry.

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He is an ACCA Finalist and also pursuing MBA Finance with Cyprus Institute of Marketing and Global Business University.

Mr Fatty is a blogger and entrepreneurs who loves to educate young people.

Sainabou Jagne

Treasurer

Sainabou is an experienced accountant with over 10 years of experience in audit, risk management and finance function. She currently works as Finance & Admin officer of the German International Development Co-operation (GIZ) Police Project in the Gambia. Sainabou has previously worked with the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) as the internal audit manager. Sainabou has also work in the public practice as an audit manager with the Augustus Prom, one of the leading audit firms in the Gambia.

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With a strong passion for personal development, Sainabou has a Diploma in French and she is currently pursuing the professional level of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification.

Salifu Bah

Salifu Bah

Membership & PR Manager

Salifu Bah is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with solid knowledge and experience in financial control, performance management, business analytics, audit and the Gambia tax system. He currently serves as the Head, Financial Reporting, Systems and Control at Gambia National Petroleum Corporation.

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Mr Bah has also worked with Access Bank Gambia, Ecobank Gambia and DT Associates-The Gambia (Formerly Deloitte & Touche-The Gambia) as Ag. CFO, Senior Financial Officer and Tax Analyst, respectively.

Mr Bah facilitates training in Taxation, Financial Reporting, Financial Performance and Management, and Excel for Accountants. He is very passionate about personal development and has guided many young professional accountants in pursuing professional aspirations.

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Musa Suwa

Musa Suwa

Chair of the Audit Committee

Musa is a Chartered accountant and banker with over 13 years of working experience across Africa. Mr Suwa has substantial experience in financial management, strategic planning, leadership, and analytical skills with a proven ability to build positive relationships. He is the current CFO of Corporate & Investment Banking Group and Consumer Banking Group

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of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, based in Togo. Musa was previously the CFO of Ecobank Gambia, where he led multiple transformations projects.

Musa is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is currently pursuing an MBA with the Edinburg Business School. Musa mentors many young aspiring professionals and often speaks at seminars on finance leadership and business management.