Kwaku Duah Berchie

Mr. Kwaku Duah Berchie is the Head of Credits for First Allied Savings and Loans Company Limited. He holds an MBA (Accounting and Finance) from the Keller Graduate School of Management, Illinois, USA. Prior to this, Mr Berchie graduated as a Magna cum Laude from the DeVry University, USA with BSc in Business Administration (Accounting option) and holds Diploma in Theatre Arts from the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana.

Mr Berchie’s professional experience spans several industries and sectors. He has worked as a Recruiting & Sales Manager with T.M Audio Inc, an Electronics Sales firm in the USA.

He also has experience in Warehouse Operations as well as Shipping and Transportation with Mcmaster Carr Supply Company , Account Payable with John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods all in the USA. Mr Berchie went on to become a Tour Accountant and Financial Manager with UniverSoul Circus, USA.

He later became the Founder and CEO of Professional AccounTaxes, Douglasville, GA USA and an Associate Consultant with Pentax Management and Consultancy, Accra Ghana.

He is a part-time Lecturer with the Ghana Telecom University College, Kumasi Campus.

He has attended local and international training and seminars that has deeply enhanced his experience and exposure in the banking and microfinance industry. Among trainings attended are Maximizing Profitability in SME Lending by Euromoney Training EMFA, Accra Ghana, Market Research for Microfinance (MR4MF) by MicroSave, Kampala Uganda, and the African Microfinance Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Kwaku is a result oriented person whose contribution has helped FASL in its expansion drive. He developed the APR computation template for loan officers to comply with Bank of Ghana regulations and also introduced the use of electronic presentations for the Advances Committee in its deliberations.

He has been an active part of the team that trains new hires of FASL. His training areas are Individual Lending, Risk Management, Finance, and Customer Service.

He is married with children.