Brian Kofi Ametsikor

Brian Kofi Ametsikor is a Ghanaian. He holds an MSc Degree in Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Management, GIMPA; Bachelor of Arts, Social Science, University of Ghana, and a Certificate in Project Monitoring and Evaluation, GIMPA. He has over 23years working experience in the broad areas of Operations Management, Project Monitoring & Control, Occupational Safety Health & Environmental Management. Brian started working as a survey assistant after school in 1992 with Energoprojekt Construction Company from Yugoslavia which constructed the then NAM Conference Centre in Accra, now International Conference Centre. He worked with Ghana ports & Harbors Authority at their Materials department as a stores assistant. He moved on to work with 4D Limited and Excel Gruppe, both a design and build company. Brian also worked with Vanguard Properties Development Company Limited as their Logistics and Procurement Officer. Brian has extensive track-record in Performance Assessment Instruments and Participatory Methodologies, with a background in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Management (OSHEM) In 2009 and 2011 he was part of the team of consultants that provided Consultancy Services to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development as part of the Functional Organizational Assessment Tool (FOAT) Project thus a project determination carried throughout all 46 MMDAs across the country to qualify for the District Development Fund (DDF). He was a member of a team of Associate Consultants for KPMG in 2009 who engaged in the performance assessment of MMDAs in the Western Region. He was also an Associate Consultant (Team Leader) for Pentax Management Consultancy Ltd in 2011 to administer the performance assessment on the MMDAs in the Volta Region. Brian was involved in Capacity Building and Training at the Local level. In 2012, he was the Project Coordinator on Techniques in Assessing Training needs of some MMDAs and Appraising Staff Performance at the MMDA level for Volta Region. Key among the duties was Training of key District Assembly staff from Hohoe Municipal Assembly, Keta Municipal Assembly, Ketu South District Assembly and Dzodze District Assembly. Other training included Revenue Mobilization and Management, Contract Management and Public Procurement. Brian Kofi Ametsikor is currently working with The International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED)