Dr. MARK DARKO

Professionals Council Board

Mark holds a PhD in Finance and Management from Myles Leadership University (MLU) and is currently the President of Asian-African Chamber of Commerce & Industry - AACCI, a transnational business chamber (Ghana chapter), Senator at the World Business Angels Investment Forum, (WBAF) honorably representing his country, Ghana at the Grand Assembly; Mark is also a Governing Council Member and Vice Chairman of The Private Office of H.E Edward Agyekum Kufuor and Executive Director of African Rating Agency, a CRA and a Director of Heritage Capital Management Ltd, a Ghana based investment facilitation company. Mark is an Investment banker and an SME Finance expert with eighteen (18) years extensive experience in Investment Management, International Trade, Credit Management, Financial Risk Management and Corporate Finance. Mark is an expert in financial intermediation with special focus on structured finance, financial analysis, asset management As an investment banker, he worked as the Managing Director-Africa of Evrensel Capital Partners, a global merchant banking and fund management company. At ECP, he was responsible for the overall direction and administration of programs, products and services of ECP in Africa , including the firm’s financial performance, portfolio quality, business development, HR development, operations and risk management. Mark was the key advisor in matters regarding changes in investment strategy, asset classes, asset allocation, investment risk, liquidity, benchmark indices, investment limits and other operating parameters in ECP. Mark is an avid writer and a columnist in Newspot Media House, Nigeria where he has written and published more than 100 different articles covering extensive subject matters in the areas of business, entrepreneurship, finance and economics, international trade and diplomacy etc. Mark's articles are published every week in Newspot.
Mark was recently honored to feature in Passion Vista Magazine-A global lifestyle and luxury magazine based in India. Other magazines that have featured him include;
Hoinser Magazine, 28COE, and Fashion Luxury Magazine and has received several prestigious global awards in governance and leadership, including; World Economic Magazine Awards 2021, USA-Emerging Leader of the year, Ghana. Africa Skills Centre Awards, Kigali Rwanda- Outstanding Young African Leader Award 2021. Icons Awards 2021, Accra Ghana-Award for Global Excellence in Business and Humanitarian Services in Africa, Sheikh Saqer Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi’s Private Office prestigious award 2020-Dubai, UAE. He is currently an Ambassador of The Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club and a prestigious Member of Szidonia Business Club in Szidonia Castle, Vienna.
Invited as Expert from The Cambridge University.
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