Richmond Engel Okyere Bennah holds a certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Adansonia Research Project at the Bocconi University – Milan, Italy. He’s also a published author and an International Business Developer specifically in the area of building revenue models and business valuation for SMEs. With a bachelor’s degree specialization in Human Resource Management from the University of Ghana Business School and a Certificate in Human Capital Strategy from the Institute of Business and Social Impact, Haas School of Business – University of California, Berkeley, Richmond is committed to helping early startups build resilient teams through Talent Management. This he does as Executive Director of the Engel Divine Foundation – a social talent management organization committed to developing 500,000 young leaders across Africa by the year 2030.

Richmond is also a certified Civic Leader from the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI RLC – West Africa) and also possesses professional work experience in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. Richmond is currently the Head of Business Development at the Pitch Hub (www.pitchhubghana.com) – a social enterprise that trains SMEs and young entrepreneurs on how to successfully structure their business and pitch to investors.

He is also the Managing Director for Variance Consult Limited (a business consultancy firm helping entrepreneurs scale and grow through the power of story, design, strategy and analytics) www.varianceconsultltd.com

In October 2017, Richmond was selected (together with other Ghanaian delegates) to represent Ghana at the first Commonwealth Youth Summit in Malaysia for emerging young global leaders to discuss issues on Climate Policy and Finance, Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Peacebuilding & Global Inequality and Social Cohesion. Richmond is currently pursuing a long term career as a Venture Capitalist.