MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNING COUNCIL

The University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (USTED) established by Act 2020 (Act 1026) and amended by Act 2025 (Act 1162), has a Governing Council of highly achieved experts pooled together from relevant sectors to lead USTED, Ghana’s premiere TVET, and Entrepreneurial Development Teacher Education University. Below are the Governing Council members:

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Prof. William Otoo Ellis

Chairman

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Among them are National Trust Holding Company Limited (NTHC), Chief Finance Officer; Yabakus Coldstores, Accra, Chief Executive Officer; Bond Savings and Loans Ltd, General Manager, Finance and Administration;  Fidelity Bank Limited, Director of Finance; Fidelity Discount House, Financial Controller; and the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), Chief Treasury Officer. He also worked with the Ghana Food Distribution Corporation as the General Manager, Finance and Administration; and Coppers and Lybrand (Pricewaterhouse Coppers), Audit Manager, taught as a National Service Person with Kumasi Polytechnic and as a lecturer at Zenith University College.

Mr. Agyemang is also the Chairman of the Chief Executive Officers’ Forum of the Association of Accountancy Bodies of West Africa (ABWA). He previously chaired the Council of the National Board for Professionals and Technicians Examination (NABPTEX), established by Act 492, 1994, and served on the Audit Committees of the Minerals Commission Board and the Bui Power Authority Board.

Prof. Frederick Kwaku Sarfo is the foundation Vice-Chancellor of AAMUSTED and a member of the Governing Council. The Center for Instructional Psychology and Technology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (KU Leuven), trained Instructional Design and Technology Expert has decades of career experience in teaching, rising to the peak of the academic ladder as a professor. He is a visiting scholar/ professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven and other highly reputed universities in Ghana and abroad. He is reputed for his exemplary involvement in several internationally sponsored research and development programmes particularly at UEW, either as a researcher or resource person.

He has attended, participated, and presented papers at both international and local conferences. Some of his research works have been published in journals of high impact factor, international encyclopedia, and other scientific books of readings. 

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Prof. Frederick Kwaku Sarfo

Vice-Chancellor

He is an editor and executive peer reviewer for a lot of international and local journals. He has been active in serving as a Technical Committee Member and a Member of Advisory Boards to a lot of international associations and conferences. He has also been active in several professional, community, and government services in Ghana. Thus, becoming accustomed to the germane workings in industry where he is widely connected and leverages it amply to the advantage of the University. He is also an astute administrator who has occupied various positions in his illustrious life as a university staff. He has served as an academic counselor, Head of Departments, Vice Dean and Dean of Faculties, Acting Principal and Substantive Principal of the erstwhile College of Technology Education Kumasi (COLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Acting Vice-Chancellor and ultimately the Vice-Chancellor of AAMUSTED.

He has been instrumental in sourcing funding from international organisations to support the academic and related activities of the University. His deals with the European Commission, the GIZ’s Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI), and the Lenus Palme Partnership Foundation readily come to mind. Prof. Sarfo’s research interest is in integrating ICT into education, Instructional Design for learning in a difficult situation, Instructional Conceptions, and designing competency-based learning environments for developing technical and vocational expertise. 

The following are the remaining members of the Governing Council

Mrs. Joanna Appiah-Dwomoh

Government Nominee

Madam Mary Agbeviade

Government Nominee

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Yao Gbadago

Government Nominee

Professor Joseph Yensu

Government Nominee​

Mr. Joseph Mensah Oti-Asirifi

GTEC Rep.

Mr. Anthony Syram Kwame Zu

CTVET Rep.

Dr. Samuel Sylvester Anim-Yeboah

AGI Rep.

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Mr. Samuel Osei Sasu

APTVETI Rep

Prof. Dr. Gilbert Owiah Sampson

Convocation Rep.

Prof. Yarhands Dissou Arthur

UTAG Rep.

Eng. Prof. Humphrey Danso

ALUMNI Rep.

Mr. Joachim Dzimesah

SRC PRESIDENT

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GRASAG President Name

GRASAG President

Members-In-attendance

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Prof. Isaac Boateng

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Registrar

Mr. Augustus Kwaw Brew

Secretary to Council

Finance Director

Dr. Jeff Danquah Boakye

Director of Finance

Principal-Mampong

Prof. Dr. Isaac Abynyuwah

Principal, Asante Mampong