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JOSCELYN BERNARD NARTEY [email protected]

FAMILY NAME: NARTEY FIRST NAMES

: BERNARD JOSCELYN

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: 23rd September 1967, Accra, Ghana NATIONALITY: GHANAIAN

EDUCATION Period 2008

Institution Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers, Sierra Leone Ghana Institution of Engineers, Accra, Ghana K.N.U.S.T. Kumasi, Ghana

2002 1989-1993 1981-1988

St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast, Ghana

LINGUISTIC ABILITY

Degree/Diploma obtained GMSLIE MGhie BSc (Civil Eng)Transportation/Highway & project mgt G.C.E.O& A Level

Excellent or fluent English (Spoken,read & written)

I T SKILLS

AUTOCAD Version 2008, Internet, (Microsoft Explorer),FLEXCUBE/EQUINOX/MICROBANKER-Banking Software, Microsoft Project 1998,GIS-Arc View, Microsoft Office suite(Word, Excel, power point, Visio etc),Computer Programming in Turbo Pascal (5.0) and Fortran-77

OTHER SKILLS

Holder of a professional driver’s license Writing and publishing of articles on a wide range of engineering issues

PRESENT POSITION Resident Engineer, SMM, South Africa (Sierra Leone Office) YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fourteen (14) years YEARS WITH PRESENT FIRM Nine (9) months KEY QUALIFICATIONS BSc(Civil Eng),MGhie.ASLIE INSTITUTIONS MEMBERSHIP International Who’s Who of Professionals, U.S.A.-Member Ghana Institution of Engineers (Ghie) - Associate/Graduate Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Ghana-Student member, Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers (SLIE)-Associate member, African Network of Professionals (ANOP)-Member

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sept.2008 to date

SIGODI MARA MARTIN (SMM), South Africa

Sierra Leone Office

Resident Engineer

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Construction Marketing/Business Development Plan and co-ordinate any strategic marketing approaches for new business and actively develop existing/current relationships. Research, create and follow-up on a target list for potential new business. Served as the principal point of contact to clients on behalf of the company. Developed and nurtured strategic relationships with clients to ensure that the strategy and business objectives of the client and the company are met. Fully accountable for the relationship with the client across all hierarchical levels, which incorporates integrating and coordinating all contact between the company and the client. Prepared weekly call plans/ memos on all our marketing operations for management Prepared Monthly reports on all our current project activities for management

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Kabala water supply rehabilitation project, kabala, Sierra Leone-$5million Prepared the expression of interest that led to the short listing of our company. Prepared the technical/financial proposals that won us the contract. Prepared the inception or preliminary engineering report. Assisting in the planning and coordination of the detailed engineering design studies, designing, costing and preparation of tender docs. (Project sponsored by BADEA)

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Hotel Kalleone, Freetown-$17 million Prepared technical feasibility studies on the project. Architectural/structural Design Review studies.

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Kanu fast food joint/shop, Lungi & Freetown, Sierra Leone-$150,000 Prepared business Opportunity study Kanu construction plant hire and construction Prepared a business plan/proposal for consideration of management

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World Food Programme office extension, Freetown-$250,000.00 Prepared a technical/financial proposal/bid for the engineering studies,design,tendering and supervision.

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Construction of fence wall for cemeteries at circular road,kingtom & Ascention town, Freetown -$267,000 Prepared the technical/financial bid for the above project.

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Drilling of Boreholes, supply and installation of submersible pumps at Murray Town Barracks Prepared the technical/financial bid for the above project.

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Sands Beach Resort,Tokeh,Sierra Leone Prepared the Business plan/proposal

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Bitumani Conference Center/Business Park,Sierra Leone-Market Feasibility/Business plan dev’t Prepared the technical/financial bid for the consultancy services

Dec.2007 to August, 2008

Business Devt Office AmalBank,Farrar Avenue,Accra

Head/Construction & Projects Unit of the Business devt.Office •

Deposit mobilization

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Mobilized an average of over $10,000 per month worth of deposits from major contractors at the cheapest rate for the business office and sold several of the bank’s retail banking products to these contractors. Opened over twenty-five (25) accounts per month, out of which at least 50% were in the retail banking products.

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Risk Assets Creation

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Sourced over $50,000 per month of quality risk assets from the construction industry for the business office and maintain adequate information on credit to ensure reduction in business risk in credit processes and procedures. Maintained and grew construction risk assets portfolio in line with agreed targets.

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Appraised/packaged and monitored over $5 million credit facilities to ensure optimum performance. Preparation of monthly report on construction asset portfolio for management.

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On-site/off-site project monitoring/reporting

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Visited weekly over three (3) project sites within Greater Accra and its immediate environs to assess and record performance. Visited quarterly over ten (10) project sites outside Greater Accra to assess and record performance. Monitored or recorded turnover of major accounts particularly customers with facility on a weekly basis.

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Marketing Served as the principal point of contact to clients on behalf of the business office. Developed and nurtured strategic relationships with clients to ensure that the strategy and business objectives of the client and the bank are met. Fully accountable for the relationship with the client across all hierarchical levels, which incorporates integrating and coordinating all contact between the bank and the client. Plan and co-ordinate any marketing approaches for new business and actively develop existing relationships. Monitor and ensure adherence to risk service standards. Research, create and follow-up on a target list for potential new business. Prepared weekly call plans, daily call memos and service reports on all transactions.

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Management performance Review Sessions Represented the business office at monthly performance review sessions.

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Prepared and presented the performance of the business office at the monthly management review sessions.(Balance Sheet /Profit & Loss accounts analysis of the business office)

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Customer Service

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Dealt with and find solutions for customer complaints. Resolved clearing cheque issues on a daily basis. Consult customer owners/managers on financial/credit issues and general business practice/ideas. Gave financial advisory service to customers Assessed the financial service need of several customers.

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1996 to 2007

- P.M.U./A.D.B.

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Accra, Ghana

Resident Engineer a) DANIDA/USAID & IFAD sponsored equipment Loan scheme for labor based contractors  Appraised, approved, disbursed, recovered and invested over $1.0 million worth of USAID/DANIDA & IFAD revolving fund granted as part of an equipment loan scheme to over 43 labor-based feeder road contractors (beneficiaries) for feeder road development.

 Managed and controlled over $5 million worth of USAID/DANIDA & IFAD Funds used for contract payments to over 43 labor-based feeder road contractors under the equipment loan scheme.

 Monitored & recovered over 44% of the USAID/DANIDA & IFAD revolving fund/Equipment loan disbursed as at Dec.2002.  Invested the recovered funds into fixed deposits and other financial instruments periodically.  Monitored & reported on the feeder road projects executed by these 43 laborbased feeder road contractors and the equipment loans granted from 1994 till date. Out of which over 26 reports were prepared and submitted to the Donor agencies and the DFR.

 Prepared, submitted and claimed project management fees worth over $300,000 for the bank.  Prepared & Submitted credit reports on behalf of the project beneficiaries & other contractors for the acquisition of advanced mobilization guarantees, performance bonds, bid bonds, overdrafts, loans etc.  Prepared & submitted the annual income/expenditure budget for the unit for the year 2002.  Restructured the debts of the beneficiaries of the equipment loan scheme.  Represented the equipment loan scheme at several loan approval committee meetings and other meetings with the donor agency.

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b) Other development projects  Monitored and reported on projects, reviewed cost estimates, assessed progress of works, reviewed contracts, assessed technical feasibility, prepared work programs/schedules and funds disbursement schedules for projects worth over $3.8 million in various sectors of the economy considered for sponsorship by the Bank.(Agro-processing, poultry, fish farming, salt winning, crop cultivation, hotel/hospitality, irrigation devt, road/building construction etc.)

 Carried out valuations of civil works and the plant/machinery of projects worth over ¢85.7 billion considered for sponsorship by the Bank in the agriculture and other allied sectors of the economy.

 Assessed the technical/market feasibility of the assumptions that forms the basis for financial projections of several development projects.

 Investigated payment certificates and claims worth over $532,000 submitted by contractors for the acquisition of credit facilities.

 Prepared & Submitted credit reports on behalf of contractors for the acquisition of advanced mobilization guarantees, performance bonds, bid bonds, overdrafts, loans etc.  Provided assistance to the Bank on civil engineering matters. Or advised management on all civil works.  Performed any other engineering duties that may be assigned from time to time.

June 1996 to Date (Part Time)

- BIL GLOBAL LIMITED

- Accra, Ghana

Managing Director  Trained over 50 students in Basic skills in computing: Internet Use & application, MSDOS, Windows 1995/98/2000, Word, Excel, etc at several private institutions on contract basis.

 Prepared comprehensive business plans for four (4) private organizations in the hotel, agricultural plant hire, environmental health and energy (LPG) sectors of the economy. These were successfully used to source credits worth over $5,069,000 from Local and foreign sources.

 Valued plant/machinery worth over $200,000 for several clients in agro-processing and energy sectors.

 Provided a review of projects worth over $300,000 in the hotel, energy and restaurant industries of the economy.  Short-listing of applicants for a civil engineering job in a petroleum marketing and distribution company.

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Sept 1994 - June 1996

- Quintago Consulting Services

- Accra, Ghana

Assistant civil Engineer seconded to the A.D.B.

Capacity Building for small scale road contractors  Developed a database on the beneficiaries (28 labor based feeder road contractors) of the USAID/DANIDA & IFAD Equipment loan scheme.  Provided guidelines to the beneficiaries to develop cost/unit measure of the bill of quantities from basic inputs of labour, equipments, materials etc.  Assisted the beneficiaries in developing field work programming and scheduling, work program related cash flows and in estimating production rates of work crews using Microsoft Project 1998.  Provided guidelines to the beneficiaries in maintaining monthly and annual cost account records.  Provided guidelines to the beneficiaries in measuring quantities and costing of works done for preparing monthly payment certificates.  Prepared work-program related cash flows for the beneficiaries.  Carried out over 10 site visits to assess the performance of contractors and provide advice on measures to be taken to improve performance.  Assisted in the preparation of over 10 work progress reports for onward submission to management and the donor agencies.

 Prepared credit reports on behalf of the beneficiaries for the acquisition of performance bonds, advance mobilization guarantees and other post-contract services that may be required.

 Prepared loan repayment schedules for the beneficiaries using Quattro pro Software.  Prepared work program related cash flows for all the projects periodically awarded to the beneficiaries. Nov.1993-Aug.1994

Dept of feeder Roads,

Accra, Ghana

Asst. Civil Engineer Planning division Lectures and practical training in the following areas:     

Review of socio-economic impact assessment reports Developing a National Feeder Road infrastructure database. Tender evaluation and negotiation Updating of national, regional and district road maps. Evaluation of technical/financial proposals submitted by consultants.

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Quantities Division Lectures and practical training in the following areas:  Market surveys & development of contract rates.  Work measurements, preparation of bill of quantities and payment certificates  Review and certification of payment certificates submitted from the regional offices of DFR.  Tender Evaluation and Negotiation.  Bid Pricing

DFR Training School, Koforidua  Carried out a thorough research into the labor based road construction technology (KNUST/DFR/ILO sponsorship).  Attached to a labor based road construction project for six (6) months for practical training.

Nov.1993-Aug.1994

John Murphy Construction Ltd.

Accra,Ghana

Construction of petroleum storage and distribution depots at Buipe and kumasi –Ministry of Energy

Site manager/quantity surveyor (part–time).       

Setting out of works Checked formwork for dimensional accuracy Checked reinforcement for compliance with drawings Preconcrete checks before pouring. Planned & ordered materials, labor & equipment etc. Measured work quantities for the preparation of payment claims Prepared progress reports and work schedules for the building/civil works.

Aug.-Sept.1991

ABP Consult

Accra, Ghana

Student Engineer on job attachment. I had professional and practical training in the following areas:  Structural Analysis using the moment distribution method.  The use of the BS 8110 Design code for the design of the various components of a structure.  Preparation of Bill of quantities/Cost Estimates for civil engineering projects.  Computer programming in Turbo Pascal  Traffic data collection & Analysis

REFEREES

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1.Dr.Yaw Adubofour-Tuffour, Bsc (Eng), PhD, Dept of Civil Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi. 2. Dr. Mrs. Eva Tagoe-Darko, Dept.of Geography,Social Science faculty,KNUST, Kumasi. Tel: 233-020-8158308 3. Mr.J.V.Augustt, Bsc, Msc, MD of BERMONDE Ltd. Accra Tel: 233-020-8111540 SIGNED……………………………. (J.B.NARTEY)

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