Board Of Directors

Board Chairman

DAVID OSAE-AKOTO

David is a legal and marketing professional with over fifteen years of demonstrable service delivery in health insurance, service marketing, legal consultancy and practice, media communications and brands management and fundraising for social groups. David has high understanding of financial matters with practical insights into the setting up and running of profitable health insurance schemes. David is currently, a Legal Associate with Legal Relief Trust. He was pioneer General Manager of Acacia Medical Insurance where he played a key role in its setup. He is the immediate Managing Director of the erst­-while Beige Care Health Insurance Limited. David holds B.A (Hons) degree in Psychology and Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon and Bachelor of Laws (BL) degree from the University of London, UK with a Professional Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association. David has also been working stints with a number of organizations in senior positions.

Indipendent Director

BRIGADIER GENERAL (RTD.) DR. JOSEPH MENSAH AYETTEY

Brigadier General (Rtd.) Dr. Joseph Mensah Ayettey is a retired senior military officer and a surgical specialist with a career spanning over four decades. Brigadier General held and played a number of roles within the Ghana Armed Forces including; Director-General – Medical Services, Director- Directorate of Medical! Services, Commanding Officer, Military Hospital, 21C Military Hospital, Senior Medical Officer, Military Hospital, Accra.

At the early stage of his medical practice, Brigadier General Ayettey worked at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital and Effia-Nkwanta Govern­ment Hospital respectively as a Medical officer. Brigadier General Ayettey also served in a number of ECOWAS (GHANCON) and UN (UNIFIL) missions abroad be­tween 1980 and 1993. He has attended a number of training and courses on health management, leadership among others in Ghana and abroad. He is currently a director at Adenta Clinic in Accra. He brings to the Board of Equity Health Insurance a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of medicine and leadership.

Independent Director

Dr. ERNEST OFORI ASAMOAH

Dr. Ernest Ofori Asamoah is a Management and Financial Consultant with over seventeen years of career experience.
Dr. Asamoah (DD) PhD. holds two doctorate degrees in Business Administration (Strategic Management) and Diplomacy and Internation­al Relations respectively. He is also a holder of double Master of Philosophy (MPh il) in Devel­opment Finance and Commercial Real Estate Law. He also holds an MBA in Finance and In­vestment and an MA in Christian Ministry.

Dr. Asamoah has had working stints with a number of organizations including KPMG, JHPIIEGO and World Vision International Ghana. He is also responsible for the setting up of the Ghana and West African Offices of the African Methodist Episcopall Development Services Inc.
(AME-SADA)- USA.
Dr. Asamoah has consulted extensively both home and abroad for a broad spectrum of sectors that include finan­cial services, agribusiness, waste man­agement, renewable energy, manufacturing and SMEs in different countries. Some of the institutions he has consulted for include; Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, World Vision, Ghana Women Fund, Empretec Ghana Foundation and Habona Projects in Rwanda. Dr. Asamoah is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Business and Institute of
Distance Learning (KNUST), Kumasi. He is also a Professor of Strategy and Finance, School of Busi­ness, Leadership and Legal Studies, Regent University College of Science and Technolo­gy, Accra. He is also a Visiting Professor, Strategic Management, Bundelkhand University, India

Dr. Asamoah is a Journal Reviewer for a number of international journals and also sits on a number of editorial boards including; Economics World-USA, China-USA Business Review Journal-USA, Emirates Association of Arts and Management Professionals and In­ternational Centre of Economics, Management and Humanities, UK and UAR.

Dr. Asamoah is currently a board member of World Vision International and Board Chair­man of Bia Torya Community Bank Ltd. He has over eight publications to his credit and refereed over thirteen journals.mHis professional membership includes; Fellow of the Institute of Management Consul­tant, UK, Certified Management Consultants-USA, Institute of Directors-Ghana, Li­censed Investment Advisor/Rep-Securities andExchange Commission-Ghana, Chartered Member, Association of Certified Chartered Economist of American Academy of Finan1cial

Licensed Investment Advisor/Rep-Securities and Exchange Commission, Ghana, Chartered Member, Association of Certified Chartered Economist of American Academy of Financial Management, USA, South African Institute of Management, Institute of Management Consultants, South Africa, Institute of Financial Managers, UK, Chartered Institute Marketing, UK.

Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O)

MR. ELTON AFARI

Mr. Afari is the Chief Executive Officer of Equity Health Insurance (EHi). Prior to joining Equ it y, he was the Director of Marketing and Strategy at Cosmopolitan Health Insurance where he was responsible for leading the organization in achieving its goal of delivering innovative, robust and cost-effective range of products to corporate, medium-size and small businesses.
Mr. Afari was the main “Idea Generator” of the Cosmopolitan Health Insurance con­cept and a pioneer member of senior management. Mr. Afari is credited with the introduction Health Insurance for the retail segment of the Ghanaian private health insurance market on the GSM platform with Vodafone Ghana. Mr. Afari holds a BSc. (Hons) and MBA Marketing degrees from the Central University College and the University of Ghana Business School respectively. He is currently pursuing a Ph D.Business Administration (Marketing option) at the Nobel Inter­national Business School (NIBS).
Elton has also had working stints with a number of organizations in different roles includ­ing Acacia Health Insurance where he was the Head of Sales, Pravda Radio (vision 1 FM) as Chief Marketing and Events Manager, Vodafone Ghana Limited as Customer Service Rep­ representative. He was also the Producer of “Drive time”, “Feed Back” and “Ultimate Health” programs at Joy FM, a member of the Multimedia Group.
Mr. Afari has also undertaken a number of short courses i.n Insurance, Risk Management, finance and negotiation.

DIRECTOR / BOARD SECRETARY

ACHEAMPOMAAH OPOKU AFARI ESQ.

Acheampomaah Opoku Afari had her secondary school education at Wesley Girls High School, and then graduated from the University Of Ghana with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Theatre Arts in 2008.

She joined Nestle Ghana Limited, Tema, as a National Service Personnel in 2008 but due to her hard work and affable nature, she was absorbed into the Nestle fold and worked in the HR Department till 2010 when she left to pursue higher education. Acheampomaah
obtained an MBA in Human Resources at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) in 2012. She subsequently obtained the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from the GIMPA Law School in 2015,
On October 2017, Acheampomaah was called to the Ghana Bar after the successful completion of her professional studies from the Ghana School of Law, (GIMPA Campus). Prior to that she worked as a Private HR Consultant, where she was involved in recruiting high-end employees for companies and institutions as well as designing training materials and executing same for companies like Chirano Gold Mines, Promised Land Hotel Ltd., UJS Facility Management Services and El- Mi raid Consultancy just to mention a few.
Acheampomaah is a Legal Associate at Oasis Law Office and Consult and due to her HR background, has an in-depth knowledge of and is therefore adroit in Labour Laws, Compensation, and Corporate and Commercial Law. Acheampomaah is also skillful in litigation, negotiations, drafting, and review of Contracts and Agreements, Divorce, Property Settlement and Child Custody.