Jones Annan

Jones is a Senior Consultant with DAB Consult responsible for providing leadership for our strategy and allied services. He has technical expertise in strategy development, implementation and re-alignment, organization development, financial and economic models, financial engineering, corporate finance, investment appraisal, feasibility studies, research and market intelligence gathering. In addition, he has a solid experience in organization strengthening, process improvement and turnaround. Jones brings international best practices to assignments having worked on major projects in USA.

Jones doubled as a Business Development and Strategy Manager at Atuabo Freeport (AFP) Ghana Ltd and had responsibility for the evaluation of business strategies vis-à-vis market dynamics and re-aligned strategies for corporate competitiveness, developed financial models and commercial rates for the business communities. He also conducted business matrix evaluation, undertook periodic evaluation of projects to determine economic impact on individual business lines. He maintained and monitored AFP’s risk register to ensure it was relevant, conducted research and maintained market intelligence information.

He was a Senior Financial Executive at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) where he was responsible for conducting financial analysis and investment appraisal of complex Oil and Gas infrastructure projects, conducted investment appraisal for internal and external clients, undertook risk assessment and management, initiated and evaluated strategic impacts of propose projects on the corporation’s pipeline initiatives.

Earlier, Jones worked with JP Morgan Chase & Co in New Jersey, USA, he rose through the ranks to become an Assistant Vice President, having served as a Senior Financial Analyst and Financial Analyst with the global financial giant. He was responsible for portfolio management, strategic planning, budget coordination and forecasting processes. He also analyzed and evaluated operating expense, prepared trend analysis on clients’ accounts and conducted variance analysis for performance measurement. Jones also acted as an advisor to the Strategic CFO and his senior management team to establish a strong link between the impact of business decisions and operating plans.

Jones holds Master of Science degree in Corporate Finance, Accounting and Risk Management from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL. He also holds Master of Arts Degree in Economics and Financial Engineering from the York University Toronto, Canada. In addition, he obtained Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Ghana, Legon.  Jones is proficient in the use of ARIMA and ARCH-GARCH modeling technique for forecasting and risk analysis (Eviews Software), Microsoft Productivity Suite, SAP, GLAP, EMPort, CMR and Essbase.