United Nations University -
Institute for Natural Resources in Africa

Staff at the UNU-INRA offices at the University of Ghana campus

Mr. Benjamin Turkson joined UNU-INRA as a Finance and Administrative Officer in October 2007. He holds a BSc degree in Administration (Accounting Option) from the University of Ghana Business School, and MBA) degree from Strayer University in Washington, DC. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the American Institute of Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Maryland Board of Public Accountancy, USA.

Mr. Turkson has substantial post graduate work experience in the areas of Business Advisory, Financial Accounting, Business Management, and Investment Banking with the private sector within the American corporate world and his home country-Ghana. His career history included working variously as Accounts Executive, Accountant, and Deputy Finance and Accounts Manager, for Xerox Corporation, National Association of Security Dealers, and Gelina Packaging Company respectively. Prior to his departure to the United States in the late 1990s, Mr. Turkson served as a Project Accountant for Akuaba Limited, a real estate development and furniture manufacturing company based in Accra,Ghana. Upon his return to Ghana in early part of 2007, he took up a position with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Ghana) with the Corporate Finance and Recovery unit.

Mrs. Eugina K. Aggrey, a Ghanaian national, joined UNU-INRA in October of 1998 as a Bilingual Secretary. Previously, she served in the Ghanaian Foreign Service and later moved on to the INESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa located in Dakar, Senegal.

Mr. William K. Briandt, born and raised in Axim, Ghana, joined UNU-INRA as a Senior Driver/Messenger in 1994, and currently serves as a Liaison Clerk. Previously, he has served as a driver/messenger at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Briandt is married and has one daughter.

Mr. Ernest T. Owusu-Duodu was born in Accra, Ghana and joined UNU-INRA as Clerk-Typist in June 1994. Currently, he has additional responsibility for the INRA library. Previously, he has served as Personnal Clerk at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) before leaving for the UK. Mr. Owusu-Duodu is married and has three children.

Board Members:

The composition of the Board is now as follows (Oct 2007):