Francis Baidoo (Head of Operations)

Francis Baidoo is currently the Head of Operations. He has extensive experience in banking with a specialty in micro banking and financing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). He has held various positions in his seventeen -year banking career. From the year 2013 to 2019 Francis was the Head of Credit and Marketing at Utrak Savings and Loans, and was appointed as the Head of Operations in 2019. Until his appointment with Utrak in 2013, Mr. Francis Baidoo was with Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd for five years where he occupied various positions, such as, Sales Manager, Business Customer Adviser and Micro-banking Customer Adviser. He also worked with Opportunity International Savings and Loans Ltd for four years as Relationship Manager. Before then he worked with Sinapi Aba Trust as a loans officer. He holds MBA in Oil and Gas Management from the Coventry University, UK. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy with History from the University of Ghana, Legon, HND Marketing from Kumasi Polytechnic and a One Year Certificate in Education from the University of Education Winneba. He holds an Intermediate level certificate of Chattered Institute of Bankers, Ghana. He is married.

George Mensah - Management Member

George Mensah is the Head of Finance. He holds an MBA in Financial Management, St. Clements University, Lausanne, a Chartered Accountants of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) and Associate Member of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM-UK). He was the Assistant Branch Manager in 2000/1 and later became Senior Internal Auditor from 2001 to 2010 of Juabeng Rural Bank. George also worked as Internal Audit Manager at Pacific Savings & Loans Ltd from 2010 to 2013. George joined Utrak Savings & Loans Ltd as the Head of Audit in September, 2013 until he was re-assigned the responsibility as the Head of Finance from February, 2014. George has over seventeen years’ experience in the financial industry. He has extensive training in Corporate Governance, KYC Risk Management, Internal Audit, Assurance and Inspection. He has a flair for designing internal control policies and compliance with Bank of Ghana regulatory policies.

Samuel Kumi- Lamptey - Management Member

Samuel is the Head of Audit of Utrak Savings and Loans. He joined Utrak Savings and Loans as a Finance Officer in 2013. He was promoted to the position of a Finance Manager in 2015. In the year 2020, he was appointed to his current position. He started his career with the Finance Department of Falconcrest Investment Ltd in the year 2006. For about six months in 2011 he worked as an Audit Assistant of Jonad and Associate Chartered Accountants. Samuel joined Venture Capital Trust Fund and worked in the Finance and Investment Departments till 2013. Samuel has a BSc in Business Administration (Accounting option) from the Central University and a MSc in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He also has a Post Chartered Diploma in Treasury and Risk Management. He is a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has attended quite a number of workshops and conferences. He is married with one child.