The signed letters behind the principals’ documented experience: who wrote each one, when, and what it attests, with exact quotations where we have permission to use them.
The Professor’s PRIN tenure, August 2011 to November 2012
Development Bank of Ethiopia: competency mapping
Reference letter from PRIN International, signed by Dr Tilaye Kassahun.
The Professor served as principal consultant, through PRIN International, on competency mapping for the Development Bank of Ethiopia. The letter attributes training and development needs definition for more than 500 positions.
“He had accomplished all of his duties efficiently and effectively in collaboration with the project team members.”
02Letter fromPwC Ghana
2018
PwC Ghana for COTVET: national skills audit in seven sectors
Attestation letter from PwC Ghana, signed by Vish Ashiagbor, Director.
The Professor served as Subject Matter Expert on PwC’s team: baseline research, the survey instrument, data validation and analysis, sector reports and stakeholder engagement.
03Letter fromGIMPA Consultancy Division
2004–2010
GIMPA Consultancy Division: project and strategic management
Attestation letter from GIMPA, signed by Dr Anthony Anyane Sackey, Lecturer/Consultant.
The Professor was a Senior Consultant at the Consultancy Division, developing modules and facilitating project- and strategic-management programmes for public and private clients, including AngloGold Ashanti.
04Letter fromBenchmark Executive Business School
2013–2023
Benchmark Executive Business School: PMP course leadership
Reference letter from Benchmark Executive Business School, signed by Leo Mensah Sossah, Executive Director.
The Professor was course leader for PMP training and practical project-management skills.
05Letter fromJSC Mediterranean Ghana
Project team member since 2023
Lower Volta dredging: feasibility and stakeholder engagement
Attestation letter from JSC Mediterranean Ghana, signed by Albert Agorman Tsolu, Managing Director.
The Professor contributed to pre-project feasibility and major-stakeholder engagement for the consortium delivering the Lower Volta dredging assignment.
06Letter fromColan Consult
Feasibility report completed December 2024
Aveyime Water Supply Project: institutional and skills analysis
Attestation letter from Colan Consult, signed by Emmanuel Agyenim-Boateng, Director.
The Professor contributed skills development and institutional analysis, through Colan Consult, to the project’s feasibility report.
“Prof. Gagakuma’s contributions have been invaluable, and attest to his extensive professional knowledge and experience, and his competence as an Expert.”
Health Sector Occupational Pension Scheme: five-year strategic plan
Attestation signed by the scheme’s Board Chairman, Dr Derek Amoateng.
The Professor served as Lead Strategic Project Expert, through OKYEAME Consult, for the scheme’s five-year strategic plan.
08Letter fromCIAMC-Ghana
Attested 26 March 2025
CIAMC-Ghana: professional governance and examinations
Attestation letter from CIAMC-Ghana.
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma is a Fellow of CIAMC-Ghana. As attested in March 2025: immediate past Board Vice Chair, and chair of its Educational and Professional Examinations Committee.
“He has demonstrated an exceptional ability to deliver complex concepts with clarity, creativity, and passion.”
Read carefullyLetters, not clients: several describe work delivered through another firm, which each letter names. Quotations are exact, used with the writers’ permission as reported to us. Individual experience of our principals, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
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