Leadership

Board of Directors

Institutional representation on the Board promotes our aim to embed our work in the national context and deepen relationships with Ghanaian churches and other Ghanaian institutions. In May 2010, GILLBT transitioned from a membership-based Executive Committee (EC) to a Board of Directors.  The Board mainly focuses on strategic policy issues, while protecting the administration’s decision-making autonomy.
Prof Emmanuel Victor Oware (EVO) Dankwa

Prof Emmanuel Victor Oware (EVO) Dankwa

Board Chairman

Current position

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana

Prior positions

Professor of Law, University of Ghana

Member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for 12 years serving as Vice-Chair, Chair and Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Detention Centres.

Studies

Law degrees from the Universities of Ghana, Oxford and Yale.

He brings to the Board years of service and commitment to GILLBT, having supported the organisation in various capacities since the 1960s when he became acquainted with the work as a student at the University of Ghana.

Prof Akosua Adomako Ampofo

Prof Akosua Adomako Ampofo

Deputy Chairperson

Current position

Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, and the University’s representative on the Board.

Studies

MSc in Development Planning, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Post-Graduate Diploma in Raumplanung, University of Dortmund; PhD in Sociology, Vanderbilt University.

Rev Dr Solomon Sule-Saa

Rev Dr Solomon Sule-Saa

Member

Current positions

Director, Ecumenical and Social Relations, Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

Adjunct Lecturer, Akrofi-Christaller Institute.

Prior positions

Director, Presbyterian Interfaith Research & Resource Centre (PIRRC), Accra.

Studies

MA in Theology on African Christianity and PhD – both from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute/University of Natal.

A passionate believer and advocate of GILLBT’s mission, his PhD thesis examined the impact mother tongue Bible translation on the Konkomba and Dagomba speaking peoples of Northern Ghana.

Dr Sumaila Zakariah

Dr Sumaila Zakariah

Member

Current positions

Deputy Commissioner of Police

A Consultant General Surgeon, Police Hospital, Accra

On the GILLBT Board, he represents the senior pastor of Korle Bu Community Chapel.

Francis Kusi

Francis Kusi

Finance Committee Chairperson

Current positions

Director of Finance, VRA/NEDco Tamale.

Prior positions

Director of Finance/Admin, Zenith Aegis Ltd (UK);

Studies

MSc Accounting with Finance, London South Bank University; MBA (Finance), London College of Business & Mgt

 

Sylvester Nkrumah

Sylvester Nkrumah

GILLBT Executive Director

Prior positions

Since joining GILLBT in 1990 as a Trainee Translator, Sylvester worked among the Paasaal people in a New Testament project which was dedicated in 2002. He later worked as a consultant to finish the Delo New Testament, which is his mother tongue, in 2006. In 2015, Sylvester received his certificate as a Translation Consultant.

Sylvester served on the GILLBT Executive Committee for six years and also served as the Associate Director for Language Projects from 2001 to 2006, overseeing 34 language projects. Until his appointment he was the Director for Field Programmes at GILLBT.

He comes to his new role with a deep understanding of Bible Translation and mother tongue literacy.