UPGRADE CONSULT was registered in August, 1992 to provide services in Accountancy and General Management. Presently the firm is concentrating on Project Financing Facilitation and Management, Fund Management and Accounting, including Installation of Accounting and Internal Control Systems; Fraud Investigation; Business/Investment Appraisal and Consultancy. 
 
FLUENCY IN ENGLISH 
The working language of the firm for both oral and written is English.
 
MANAGEMENT 
CEO, John A. Okraku
John A. Okraku CA,GH: MBA
Chief Executive Officer
ON LINE AND ON THE JOB OF OVER 31 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF THE CEO

SPREADING ACROSS GHANA, SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA IN THE WEST AFRICA SUB REGION
  • Auditing and Fraud Investigations in private and public institutions and enterprises.
  • Accounting Systems Installation and Development
  • General Public Practice Work -  Secretarial; Corporate Governance
  • Taxation matters
  • Corporate and Business Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Project and Investment Appraisal 
  • Business Process Development
  • Project Management and Administration
  • Procurement of Goods, Services and Works
  • Project Finance Sourcing and Facilitation
  • Enterprise Receivership and Turn-around Consultancy; Liquidation
  • Intestate Executorships

OTHER

  • Past Examiner and Lecturer in Auditing in Ghana
  • Author of “AUDITING – the facts for the student”, 1993. Revision/Update in progress

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS OBTAINED

  • Consulting and Presentation Skills
  • Goods and Services Procurement
   
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Lawrence Armarfio

Corporate Planning & Developments Specialist

Lawrence Armarfio is Corporate Planner, a Management Consultant and a Procurement Specialist. He is 52 years old and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Ghana and Master of Business Administration with Finance option from Henley Management College in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He has also attended numerous courses in Procurement.

He has participated in the evaluation of technical proposal on behalf of the e Ghana Project Office at the Ministry of Communications for the award of consultancy assignments to local and foreign consultants.

He has also worked on Procurement Committees for over 20 years. These include the Procurement Committee of the State Enterprises Commission (SEC) and Ghana Post Company Limited.

He chaired the Procurement Committee of Ghana Post Company Limited within which period he facilitated the complete setting up and furnishing of the Management Information Systems Department. This involved sourcing for funding,, shortlisting of suppliers and eventual issue of Local Purchase Orders (LPOs) for supply of computers and accessories, furnishing and decoration of the Department etc.

He headed the Department until a substantive head was recruited. He also developed business plans for the raising of funds / application of loans from local banks for the purchase of Private Letter Box panels and mail vans in Canada and Japan respectively for the company.

As the former Head of Planning, who supervised the Estates Unit of Ghana Post, he supervised numerous tender processes for selection and appointment of contractors to construct post offices in various parts of Ghana.

As a consultant, he has prepared Procurement Plans for public and private organisations

He worked with Quayedjei Company Limited, a procurement firm prior to his appointment with Upgrade Consult. The firm’s portfolio spans computers, air conditioners, furnishings, etc. Its major clients include Barclays Bank, Ghana Commercial Bank, Ghana Telecom (currently Vodafone)t and Unibank plc among others.

Mr. Armarfio is  married with two children.

   
Vicentia Mawuli Hewlett
Vicentia Mawuli Hewlett

EMBA, Bsc. Admin

Accounting & Project Management Specialist
WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Inter Audit
  • Asset Procurement Management - Public Financial Management



   
ASSOCIATES
   
Michael Opata Asamoah
Michael Opata Asamoah

B.Sc. (Hons.) Civil Engineering

Civil Engineer

WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Site Engineering and Supervision Duties
  • Sub and Super Structural Engineering (1993 to date)

 




   
Franics Amaitei Laryea
Franics Amaitei Laryea

BSc.(Hons) Bldg. Tech. Second Class (Lower Div)

Quantity Surveyor

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Pre & Post Contract Quantity Surveyor Valuation (1994 to date)

 

   
Ing. Joseph William Ainguah
Ing. Joseph William Ainguah

B.Sc. Eng. (Electrical)

Electrical Engineer

WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Joseph William Ainguah is a Building Services Engineering Consultant. He holds an MSc in
    Building Services Engineering from Loughborough University, UK and BSc. (Hons) Electrical and
    Electronic Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
    Joseph William Ainguah is a corporate member of Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE),
    graduate member of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) UK and an
    associate member of America Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Aircondition Engineers
    (ASHRAE) USA.

  • He is responsible for Mechanical and Electrical engineering designs and drawings,
    preparation of tender documents, evaluation of tenders, supervision of M&E installations
    contract administration and handover procedures.

  • Design and supervision of elctrical installation work (1994 to date).


   
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Charles Odotei Thompson

P.G. Dip. Architecture

Architect / Project Manager

Principal Consultant of Project Lgic Consult

WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Over fifteen years of experience as an Architect and six years as Project Manager. Immense experience in the development planning, pre-contract and post-contract architectural consultancy services in many sectors of the construction industry including education, industrial, health, residential and commercial developments.

  • Design of 120 unit affordable housing community complete with infrastructure and communal facilities at Kasoa (2011 to date).

  • Responsibilities included reporting directly to principal consultant, and engaging in pre-contrract and post-contract activities including briefing, feasibility studies, outline proposals, design conceptualisation and development of design concepts. (July 1996 – May 2001).


E-mail: cothompson@projectlogicconsult.org

 

   
Mark Ameyaw Wiafe

MSc. Mechanical Engineering


C. E. O OF WENCO CONSULTANCY LIMITED
WORK EXPERIENCE

Plant & Equipment Design & Installation - Maintenace Supervision

E-mail: mameyawwiafe@yahoo.com

 
   
     
     
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