Dr. Kojo Amonkwandoh Essel-Mensah

Director & Senior Actuary

Kojo qualified as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK) in 2012. He is currently a Fellow member of both the Actuarial Society of South Africa and Actuarial Society of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Actuarial Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, an MSc (with distinction) in Mathematical Statistics from Rhodes University in South Africa and a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Ghana.

Kojo is currently a Director and Senior Actuary of Berrybright Limited. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science at University of Professional Studies, Accra. Kojo has over twenty years’ experience in the Financial Sector and over ten years’ experience in Academia. Kojo’s financial sector experience is mainly in the Life Insurance Industry. However, Kojo had his fellowship paper in Health Insurance and together with his background from Mathematical Statistics; Kojo is well equipped to take up any work in almost all the major areas in the Insurance Industry. He has also done some consultancy work in the General Insurance and Pension Fund industries. Kojo’s experience covers three different countries – Ghana, South Africa and the United Kingdom.