Michael Kumah is a partner of Reuss Private, a Swiss based investment firm. Michael Kumah has more than ten years’ experience in various key areas of wealth management. In recent years he demonstrated his client focus and expertise working for African clients at LGT Bank (Switzerland).
The unit was established by Michael Kumah and Stefan Dubach in 2006 to service the needs of African entrepreneurs and executives, and subsequently flourished under their leadership. Prior to this he worked for UBS Wealth Management as project manager in charge of delivering strategic business initiatives and expansion programs in the UK, France, Germany and Italy, UBS’s key European onshore markets. Michael Kumah has a BSc. in electronic engineering from Nottingham University in the uk.
Outside work, Michael actively encourages and fosters informal networking and introductions among African entrepreneurs and their European counterparts.
Jonathan is an experienced management professional with intimate knowledge of commodity trading, marketing and risk management. With over 15 years of experience trading on the global commodity markets, he has contributed immensely to the growth of a number of multinational companies, including Vitol SA, deploying transformational strategies that lead to maximum value and potential.
Jonathan has shown extreme versatility with a proven track record in managing the full spectrum of components for example, physical sales negotiations, option Greeks, freight, staff, business development and reporting. As a result-oriented professional, he helped to foster positive team dynamism in various capacities throughout his career.
Jonathan is a vastly analytical and disciplined manager who uses experience to identify and capitalise on market opportunities. He is entrepreneurial with a demonstrated track record in business development on a multi-national level. He holds a Bachelor and Honorary Degree in Commerce from the University of South Africa, Durban.
David Rayner is a results-oriented professional with strong commercial ability and a unique blend of financial, strategic and change management skills. His over 25 years of international experience and consistent track-record has established him as an accomplished business leader.
Prior to this role, he worked in various countries with BP, TNK-BP, ED&F Man and as Financial Director, Gazprom Marketing and Trading. David provides tactical fiscal strategies in line with our corporate vision to drive business growth and is accountable for the financial, risk management, contracting and procurement operations within the organization.
Huub Stokman is an energetic and performance-driven business leader with over 25 years professional experience. Huub has in various capacities proven to be an accomplished executive leader across the international downstream value chain, with a track-record of successfully enhancing bottom line performance.
Prior to his appointment, Huub Stokman was the Head of Puma Energy International in Angola and was responsible for the overall business, which included managing retail forecourt, terminal/ logistics operations as well as the B2B business for fuels, lubricants, aviation fuels and bitumen. Before Puma, he spent over 20 years in BP where he was responsible for the Sales and Marketing as well as major projects across 15 European countries.
Huub brings a wealth of international and industry-wide experience which will be leveraged in driving the growth of our overall business in Nigeria, with focus on making OVH Energy the trusted petroleum downstream marketer of choice for all products and services in Nigeria.
Ruth Fokuo is experienced, practical and value driven human resources specialist with a proven track record in delivering a diverse range of human resource functions that support management and staff in achieving organizational goals.
She is the Human Resource Manager of Ebony Oil and Gas Limited with primary responsibilities of providing employees with the professional support and guidance required to retain, manage performance, develop and reward a ‘world class’ team that will effectively contribute to the achievement of the company’s objectives and deliver on top quartile shareholder returns.
She worked with Move To Ghana Limited a Relocation Services Company which offered services to expatriates who relocated to Ghana before assuming the position in April 2011 and has successfully structured the human resource department of Ebony Oil and Gas Limited.
Her career is enhanced by a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Administration from Central University College, a member of Chartered Institute of Marketing and Society for Human Resource Management. {SHRM}.