Samuel K. Gyan is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the international trade, service and development industry. As a strong business development professional with an extensive corporate experience and strict code of integrity & professional conduct, he built extensive skilled capacity in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Customer Service and Strategic Planning at both the technical and executive management levels across a variety of business sectors including Agriculture, Industrial – Construction & Infrastructure, Certification, Energy (Oil, Gas & Chemicals), Environmental, Government & Institutions, Mining and Mineral and Transportation.
Mr. Gyan with over 28 years experience as a strong business development professional on the back of considerable start-up expertise and immense leadership skills, has held extensive managerial position with widespread exposure to cross cultural environments across Africa including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Somalia in Eastern Africa/Central Africa and Ghana, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa.
He is currently the Regional Managing Director for SGS Anglophone West Africa covering Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia which appointment took effect in July 2019 and has direct oversight for 2 Country Managers & Managing Directors, 28 Business Managers & Functional Heads and responsible for nearly 464 employees across the sub-region. Until that, he was the Regional Managing Director for SGS Eastern Africa (October 2012 – June 2019) based in Dar–es– Salaam, Tanzania with direct oversight of 7 Country Managers & Managing Directors, 35 Business Managers & Functional Heads and responsible for nearly 1,660 employees across the sub-region.
Among the litany of several senior roles Mr. Gyan held include Managing Director Tanzania – SGS Tanzania Superintendence Co Ltd, African Assay Laboratories TZ & SGS Ethiopia from March 2009 – June 2019, Regional Manager – West Africa Geochem Minerals & SGS Laboratory Services Ghana Limited, Accra, Ghana between December 2006 – February 2009 and Branch Manager, Minerals Manager and Laboratory Manager for SGS Tanzania Superintendence Company Limited between January 2000 – November 2006.
Mr. Gyan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Metallurgical Engineering (1989) and Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK IN 2008.
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