Prof. Alex Dodoo
Director GeneralAlexander Dodoo (BPharm, MSc, PhD, FPSGH, FPCPharm, FGCPharm) is the Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority and an Associate Professor at the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana. He is the country representative to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and serves on the Council of the African Standards Organisation. He has worked extensively on the development of norms and standards especially in healthcare in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS).
In addition to his work in standardisation, Prof Alex Dodoo is also a Scientific Advisor at the African Collaborating Centre for Pharmacovigilance (www.acc-afro.org) which acts as convening platform for safety surveillance in Africa. He serves or has served on several local and international advisory, training and safety committees, including Member, WHO Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medicinal Products, Member, Access & Product Management Advisory Committee of the Medicines for Malaria Venture and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Group of the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative. He is also a member of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependency Disorders as well as a Member of the WHO Panel on Drug Evaluation. He was for two terms (4 years), the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana and served as President of the Pharmacy Information Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation. From 2009 – 2012, Alex Dodoo served as the President of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) from 2009-2012.
He is the author/co-author of various manuscripts and full papers in peer-reviewed journals and has one book published titled: Healthy Secrets – a layperson’s guide to health issues.
Mr. Mark A. Taylor
MemberMr. Taylor holds a BS degree in chemistry(Lincoln University, Pennsylvania USA), MSc. in Chemistry (Hampton University, Virginia USA), MSE in Chemical Engineering (Princeton University New Jersey, USA) and MBA (Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management).
Mr. Taylor has extensive experience in engineering, finance, administration, manufacturing and strategic planning. He has proven ability in improving business operations and maximizing profit through achievements in finance management, productivity and efficiency improvements. He has acquired broad understanding of operations management and emerging technologies in manufacturing practices.
Mr. Taylor is currently the Chief Executive Officer for Taylor Electric Limited. He has held this position since 2004. Prior to joining Taylor Electric, he was employed at United Technologies (Farmington, Connecticut, USA) and served for several years in Senior Manager positions in various business units in areas such as engineering, manufacturing, finance and strategic planning. Other areas of engagement at United Technologies include systems design, marketing and operations management.
Additionally Mr. Taylor worked for several Fortune 500 cooperations in the United States including General Electric, Shell Development Corporation, AT&T and Exxon.
He’s a recipient of several international awards including Princeton University Fellowship Award, National Science Foundation Award, Rosa Bradley Chemistry Award. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society of Plastic Engineers and American Management Association.
Mr. Taylor represented SSNIT on the boards of its investment companies such as Ningo Salt Limited and FOS Aluminium Limited. He was a board member for Advent Laboratories Limited, Linclab Limited and St. Margaret Mary Senior Technical School.
Mr. Iddrisu Abdulai
Member, Governing BoardMr. Iddrisu Abdulai is a Private Business Executive who holds a Bsc. Administration (Accounting option) from the University of Ghana and an MBA (International trade) from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. His working career started as an internal Auditor for Achimota Brewery Ltd for (4) years.
He also worked as a management and financial consultant with SKY Consult Ghana Ltd for about a year before fully moving into self-employment in the private sector by establishing ZEBRA Investments group, an investment management and
equity vehicle with diversified areas of interests including Aluminium manufacturing, Metal and commodity trade, Energy infrastructure and
transportation logistics.
Mr. Abdulai also served on the National Council of the Association of Ghana Industries for 10 years as the member/chairman responsible for the Northern Regions. To sharpen his management and corporate skills, he has attended several management courses in the UK and Japan, as well as Business process improvement and reengineering courses facilitated by Empretec Ghana and Delloite & Touche.
Mr Abdulai is currently pursuing a Doctorate (PhD) programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Dr. Alex Ampofo Donkor
Member, Governing BoardDr. Alex Ampofo Donkor is a member of the 10th Governing Board of the Ghana Standards Authority. He graduated with Honors from the University Of Ghana Medical School in Legon in 1981. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Queens Kross Electricals in Ashaiman, and the Medical Director of the St. Mina’s Clinic in Official Town and Lebanon, both in Ashaiman.
He is a team player who possesses a good supervisory role and a good interpersonal and interactive communication skills.