Accra Advisory Board

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Accra Advisory Board

This group is composed of experienced business leaders who provide strategic guidance to Global Chamber® Accra, helping us advance international trade and support businesses in the region.

ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR

Komi S Klu, JD, FLMI,CSM,CSPO

Chief Investment & Risk Officer at EMI Group

Komi  S. Klu is a well-respected Financial Services Executive and investment facilitator with over 20 years of proven success in driving operational efficiencies and spearheading efforts to promote  financial and operational efficiency for large global financial institutions, including Capital One Finance and HSBC Bank. Concurrently, as Chief Investment & Risk Officer of EMIGROUP, Komi is providing leadership and consulting services, assisting African companies in building solutions for large scale, complex business challenges aimed at mitigating risks and driving investment and growth opportunities.

Komi has earned a reputation for the innovative and strategic leadership he brings to the financial services industry, as well as to global humanitarian initiatives. He has held management positions overseeing Corporate Due Diligence, Risk Management, and Claims Processing Operations for Capital One Finance (Wilmington, DE). Prior to joining Capital One, Komi held key management positions during his 12 years with HSBC Insurance Services (Bridgewater, NJ), a subsidiary of HSBC Bank Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations with an international network throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa. As Vice President of Operations and the head of Bancassurance  for North America at HSBC, he led and developed a high-performing team of 60 managers and employees, and managed risk for a portfolio of 12.5 million accounts, saving the bank multi-million dollars from potentially fraudulent activities. Komi had oversight for multi-lingual Customer Service Call Centers in the United States and India and was successful in the design and execution of global business process outsourcing initiatives, saving HSBC nearly $2 million.

Komi was educated in the United States and Europe, holding graduate degrees from Widener University in Chester, PA; a Post-Master’s Degree in Business and Private Law from Bordeaux University, in Bordeaux, France. His professional credentials include: Certificate in Managing Complex Programs from Stanford University; Certified Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner from the Scrum Alliance; and Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI, the highest designation of Global FLMI Society which is well respected across the global insurance industry). Komi is also member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), as well as the African Financial Professionals network and holds multiple additional certifications in the insurance industry. Komi also serves on the board of financial and international organizations across North America and Africa. He is currently the chairman of the board of WAFI CAPITAL, SA a private Equity firm operating in West Africa with a client base from North America and Europe.

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