Nana Dufie A Danquah

Nana Dufie is a co-Founder and CEO of Celerey. Prior to that, she spent four years in public service roles as the Head of Special Funds at the Development Bank of Ghana (DBG) and as the COO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), under the Office of the President of Ghana.

She spent 4+ years as the Chief Financial Officer of mPharma Data Inc., before which she also served in various capacities including Global Business Development Lead and Country Group Head for Ivory Coast and Zambia.

She worked as an Investment Officer at the Washington State Investment Board ($100 billion AUM) developing investment theses and engaging with investment managers to assess and allocate investments across Private Equity, Real Estate, Public Equity, Tangible Assets and Fixed Income asset classes. She spent 3 years consulting in the telecom, oil & gas and mining industries with key clients including Anglo Gold Ashanti and Vodacom Congo; and began her career in investment banking and project finance at Lehman Brothers (currently Barclays) and IFC where she covered Real Estate, Retail, Agribusiness, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors.

She has participated on various advisory boards including Freezelink, Vodacom Congo, and Golden Palm Investments and has served on the boards of Stratcomm Africa and the Ghana Minerals Income Investment Fund.

Nana Dufie holds an MSc. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and a BA in Chemistry and Mathematics (minor) from Mount Holyoke College.  She is also a Chief member, an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow,  a Choiseul100 Laureate, and has been the recipient of several awards including the SDF Leadership Award in Job Creation.