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MR BEN BIRCH-MENSAH
Mr. Birch-Mensah is a partner and President of the Business Innovations Group (BIG) Consulting. He has over 5 years experience in the Financial Service Industry and over 12 years general industry experience.
He is currently into Portfolio and Relationship Management with Bank of Scotland Merchant Service (First Data International). Ben worked as a Financial Consultant with American International Group (AIG) in the United Kingdom, specializing in financial services products development and Advice. He also worked with Camp Counselors USA, as a Country Director for Ghana, where he was in charge of recruitment and managing International Exchanges for 5 years in the country.
Ben’s endowed and excellent entrepreneurial skills emerged in the establishment of Birch Travel and Tours in Accra, Ghana, in 1997.
He studied Information Management and Finance (Msc) at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, UK, and obtained his Bachelors (Social Sciences) from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
He is an expert in:
• Bank Card, Credit/Debit/Prepaid Card Management and Authorization processes
• Financial Planning and Analysis
• Mortgage Advice and Practice
• CRM systems & Business Process Re-engineering
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Database design and
• Systems design and Implementation

Mr. Justice Odei Som BSc MSc MBCS
Justice is a managing partner of Business Innovation Group (BIG) with over eight years experience in the industry. His experience and hands-on approaches to problem solving in the fields of Service Engineering, Equipment Investment, Service Management, Business Process Reengineering, Strategy, New Venture Development and Growth, and Information Technology adds a plus to his academic background.

Justice is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (Ghana) in the field of Agricultural Engineering. He also holds post graduate qualifications in International Business (from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland) and Business Computing (from the University of Northampton, UK). Justice is a genius in Enterprise Systems, Knowledge Management and Growth Strategies. Research and Research Papers:
  • Enterprise Systems and Growth (ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence).
  • Corporate Venture Capital and the Growth of Firms.
  • Influence of Social Structure on the Acquisition & Mergers in the Ghanaian Gold Industry (used Social capital and Social Network Theories).
  • The Role of Internet and Wireless Communication in Marketing.
  • Business and Technology alignment Strategies

Research:
• Enterprise Systems and Growth (ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence).
• Corporate Venture Capital and the Growth of Firms. 
• Influence of Social Structure on the Acquisition & Mergers in the Ghanaian Gold Industry (used Social capital and Social Network Theories).
• The Role of Internet and Wireless Communication in Marketing.
• Business and Technology alignment Strategies.
Christopher N. Monney (.NET Enterprise Application Development Certified Professional, PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner)
Christopher is a partner of Business Innovation Group (BIG). He is currently the IT Manager of Denfleet Pharma Ltd in the United Kingdom where he has been working for the past 4 years. He has a wealth of experience in Business Systems Re-engineering and Enterprise Application Design and Development. He has undertaken various project management roles in Software and Programme Management. He was the Technical Project Manager of the Central Non-Rechallenge Database system which is being used by the CNRD 2002 Ltd comprising of Novartis, Gethon-Ivax and Denfleet. He has been key in the success of both Denfleet and CNRD 2002 Ltd in MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) Inspections since joining Denfleet.

Christopher graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Ghana) with honours in B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering majoring in Computer and Control. He was awarded Professional Certification as a .NET Enterprise Application Development Certified Professional by Learning Tree International. He is a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner and a member of the APMG (Association of Project Management Group) in United Kingdom.

Expert Knowledge in the following: 
1. Microsoft .NET 1.1 & 2.0 (Visual Studio Enterprise Architect 2003 and Team System 2005)
2. SQL Server 2000 & 2005
3. UML 2.0
4. Oracle 9i & 10g
5. GAMP4 regarding software validation
6. Prince2 Methodology 
7. Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Project 2003, Visio 2003

He is also an associate member of IEEE in USA.
Christopher is an expert in Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design.
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