Leadership
Board of Directors
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
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
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
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
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
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.