Solomon Potakey

Nelike Capital Partners

Ghana, Africa

Solomon Epeme Kwame Potakey has 15years of professional banking and consulting career experience, recent eight (8) years of which have been devoted to independent private consulting for Banks, Insurance companies, Oil exploration companies, Agro processing companies and farms, Real estate firms and High Networth Individuals. He leads a team of consultants, Nelike Capital Partners, a firm he co-founded, in performing activities such as Deal Origination, Portfolio Management, Capital and fund raise activities, conducting of Due Diligence and preparation of feasibility studies and bankable business plans.The above experience over the 8years have enabled him to have various levels of engagements and valuable relationship with investors and donor institutions across the globe.The 7years prior to his private consulting experience were spent in the universal banking environment where he worked in the Public Sector Division of Intercontinental Bank Gh. Ltd, interfacing between the Bank and government leaders, government institutions andagencies in marketing and negotiating pricing for deposits. He also spent part of this period as a Business Manager for an SME banking division of Access Bank Gh. Ltd where he was responsible for credit structuring, financial analysis and portfolio management.Solomon had earlier interned with the Asset Management division of the Consolidated Discount House (CDH), Accra, Ghana.He graduated from University of Professional Studies, Accra with MBA in Accounting and Finance. He also graduated from the University of Cape Coast with B.Ed Social Science with majors in Accounting and Economics. He has also attended several coursesover the period.