John Ofori-Tenkorang is a Ghanaian public servant, an investment banker, an engineer and an academic. He is currently the Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

Early life and education

Ofori-Tenkorang had his secondary education at St. Peter's Boys Senior High School,

Nkwatia Kwahu Nkwatia Kwahu is a town in the Kwahu East district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. It is also the home of the St.Peter's Boys Secondary School and also Nkwatia Presbyterian Secondary School. Education Nkwatia Kwahu is known fo ...

. He proceeded to

Pearson College UWC Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Pearson College UWC) is one of eighteen schools and colleges around the world in the UWC (United World Colleges) movement. It is named after the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pear ...

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. There, he obtained his International Baccalaureate Diploma. He enrolled at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

where he earned his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.Zadok K. Gyes
"Director-General of SSNIT to receive award"
, Graphic Online, 07 September 2018.

Career

Ofori-Tenkorang began his career as an instructor at the

. He developed propulsion systems and novel electric motors for electric vehicles for

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...

. He also worked for

Quantum Corporation Quantum Corporation is a data storage, management, and protection company that provides technology to store, manage, archive, and protect video and unstructured data throughout the data lifecycle. Their products are used by enterprises, media and ...

Milpitas Milpitas (Spanish for "little milpas") is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José Marí ...

and Lutron Electronics Company in Coopersburg,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

, and

St. Kitts Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis cons ...

. He later joined the

American International Group American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people.https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/amer ...

(AIG) where he worked with its financial subsidiary; AIG Trading Group. He became assistant vice president and later vice president of the group. He later joined AIG Financial Products Corporation (AIFP) and

Banque AIG American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people.https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/amer ...

serving as its executive director. He was transferred to

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

where he was responsible for the company's investment activities in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. In 2006, he left AIG to join Gödel Commodities Management,

United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...

and Dubai Natural Resources World,

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. He later returned to Ghana in 2016 to work at the office of the vice president as a technical adviser. He was appointed Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in 2017. In 1991, Ofori-Tenkorang, David Otten and Leo Casey invented a "potentiometer state sensing circuit" in the US.

Personal life

Aside English, he is fluent in the French language. He is a member of the

Tau Beta Pi The Tau Beta Pi Association (commonly Tau Beta Pi, , or TBP) is the oldest engineering honor society and the second oldest collegiate honor society in the United States. It honors engineering students in American universities who have shown a ...

society,

Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu () or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Computer Science and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). "The organization promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasis ...

society and Sigma XI Honour society.

Honours

Ofori-Tenkorang won the Carlton E. Tucker Teaching Award for Best Teacher at

Awards

Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang has received a number of awards from several organisations and societies. These include but not limited to: * 2022 IT-Oriented Business Leadership Personality of the Year (Public Sector) * Overall Best CEO of the year award, 2021 * Award for Outstanding leadership and contribution towards the welfare of Pensioners, 2020 * 2020 Best CEO of State Owned Enterprises * Most Impressive Leader of the decade * Outstanding Director–General for the year, 2018 * Procurement Transformation CEO of the Year, 2018 He has since been inducted into the West Africa Nobles Forum (WANF).

Selected works

John Ofori-Tenkorang has a number of research publications and inventions to his credit. *Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Chapman, J., Lesieutre B.C., (1996). Transient and Stability Analysis of Time-Domain Reactive Current Analyzers using Averaged Waveforms; IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Volume: 45, Issue: 1 , Feb 1996, pp. 280-287. *Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Lang, J.H., (1995). A Comparative Analysis Torque Production in Halbach and Conventional Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors; IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, U.S.A, pp. 657-663. *Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Lang, J.H., (1994) Halbach Permanent Magnet Motors: A Candidate for Direct Drive Wheel Motors; Universities Power Engineering Conference, Galway, Ireland, pp. 17-20. *Ofori-Tenkorang, J., (1993). A Microprocessor-Based Interactive Home Energy Monitor; S.M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. *Ofori-Tenkorang, K.M., (1993). Wireless Telecommunications with Microwave Digital Radio, African Technology Forum, New Age Telecommunications, Volume 6, No. 2. *Casey, L.F., Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Schlect, M.F., (1991). CMOS Drive and Control Circuitry for 1-10 MHz Power Conversion; IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol 6, Issue 4, 1991, pp. 749-758. *Ofori-Tenkorang, J., (1989). A Microprocessor-Controlled Household Power Monitoring Unit; S.B. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

References

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