Dr. Emmanuel Osei-Owusu – GoldenLink Savings & Loans (Ex-Officio Member)
Dr. Emmanuel O. Owusu is an accomplished Banker and a Consultant with over forty years (40) progressive experience in banking. With extensive working career from 1973 for over 12 years, Dr. Owusu has worked in Bank of America, South Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A occupying various positions from Internal Auditor, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Cashier, Senior Vice President. In addition, he acquired a failed State Bank and revamped back to operation, formed a new state bank from scratch and operated it for about 8years where he acquired various positions before moving on to another opportunity. From 1993 – 1995, Dr. Emmanuel O. Owusu became the Executive Vice President for Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Packaging at DSE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, INC., Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. He then moved to PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT CORPORATION, Washington, D.C., U.S.A where he was the Consultant for Neighbourhood Development Assistance Programme from 1995 – 1997.

In Ghana, he worked at Agricultural Development Bank, Accra as a Country Manager for Western Union from 1998 – 2001, and later moved to Global Access as CEO where he worked for 14 years until June, 2015. In the USA, he also served on the Boards of diverse organizations including Citizen State Bank, Gorman, Bank of America, South Fort Worth both in Texas, U.S.A, and Fort Worth Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. He also participated in the United Way Campaign as a Team Leader for three (3) years and served on the Board of Directors of the Y.M.C.A. for three (3) years. He is a member of the National Association of Accountants and a Board member for two (2) years, American Institute of Bankers. He was the Chairman of the Ghana Association of Savings and Loans Companies (GHASALC) for about 3years. He is currently the Managing Director of Golden Link Savings and Loans ltd, the chairman of Wisconsin University College and a council Member of Ghana Association of Savings and Loans Companies (GHASALC).

Gifty Amoah – (Council Member)
Auntie Ama as she is affectionately known graces the board with over sixteen years of rich experience in the banking industry. Having worked with First Atlantic Bank, Accion International and Global Access Savings and Loans, Ama is currently the General Manager of FirsTrust Savings and Loans. Her broad knowledge and experience has made her a house hold name in areas such as marketing, customer service and delight, brand management, corporate affairs and communication, corporate strategy, sales management, human relations and team building. Ama is an associate member of chartered institute of marketing (CIM Ghana and UK). She holds an MBA and degree in Marketing from University of Professional Studies and Methodist University respectively.

She is an executive council member of the Ghana Institute of Management (GIM) and a fellow of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Ghana. She is known to be assertive, result oriented and performance driven. She is a counsellor and the managing consultant of PureRelations where she continues to impact livelihoods, singles and their relationships. All those she has mentored acknowledge her favourite quote which is “The greatest act of leadership is mentoring. No matter how much you may learn, achieve, accumulate, or accomplish, if it all dies with you, then you are a generational failure; Success without a successor is failure.” (Myles Munroe)