Principal
Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma Founder & Chairman
Institutional strategy, capability and public-sector effectiveness. Founder of the firm, with a record in institutional strategy, competency and skills work, public-sector effectiveness and management education.
Prof. Wisdom GagakumaFounder & Chairman
- Role
- Founder & Chairman
- Leads
- Research, evidence & evaluation, Management & institutional strengthening, Training & capacity building, Bids, proposals & intelligence, Executive advisory, Research supervision, academic coaching & publication support
- Services
- 42 led or co-led
08 entries
Documented record.
Every entry below comes from a letter or document we can show, and names the organisation that held the work.
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2004–2010
GIMPA Consultancy DivisionGIMPA Consultancy Division
Senior Consultant
Developed modules and facilitated project- and strategic-management programmes for public and private clients, including AngloGold Ashanti.
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2011
EC–UN–AUC tripartite seminar
EC–UN–AUC Tripartite Seminar, Nairobi
Lead paper and lead facilitator
Presented the lead paper on managerial approaches to effectiveness and efficiency in public-sector organisations with limited resources, and served as lead facilitator.
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2011–2012
PRIN InternationalDevelopment Bank of Ethiopia
Principal consultant, via PRIN International
Competency mapping for the bank, including training-needs definition for more than 500 positions (during PRIN tenure).
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2013–2023
Benchmark Executive Business School
Benchmark Executive Business School
PMP course leader
A decade leading PMP training across the ten knowledge areas, with practical project-management skills.
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2018
PwC GhanaPwC Ghana, for COTVET
Subject Matter Expert
National Skills Audit and Gaps Analysis for seven economic sectors: baseline research, survey instrument, data validation and analysis, sector reports and stakeholder engagement.
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Since 2023
JSC Mediterranean Ghana
JSC Mediterranean Ghana
Project team member
Pre-project feasibility and major-stakeholder engagement for the consortium delivering the Lower Volta dredging assignment, through kick-off in 2024.
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2024
Colan ConsultColan Consult
Institutional development expert
Skills development and institutional analysis for the Aveyime Water Supply Project feasibility report, completed in December 2024.
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Attested 2025
Health Sector Occupational Pension SchemeHealth Sector Occupational Pension Scheme
Lead strategic project expert, via OKYEAME Consult
Five-year strategic plan for the scheme, attested by its Board Chairman in March 2025.
Individual experience of our principals, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
CIAMC-Ghana
Professional standingFellow of CIAMC-Ghana. As attested in March 2025: immediate past Board Vice Chair, and chair of its Educational & Professional Examinations Committee.
Approved quotations
In their words.
“Prof. Gagakuma’s contributions have been invaluable, and attest to his extensive professional knowledge and experience, and his competence as an Expert.”
Colan ConsultEmmanuel Agyenim-BoatengDirector, Colan Consult“He has demonstrated an exceptional ability to deliver complex concepts with clarity, creativity, and passion.”
CIAMC-GhanaHannah Ampomea CoffieDeputy CEO, CIAMC-Ghana“He had accomplished all of his duties efficiently and effectively in collaboration with the project team members.”
PRIN InternationalDr Tilaye KassahunPRIN InternationalWays to work with the Professor
Practices led
- 01Research, evidence & evaluation5 stages · 9 services
- 02Management & institutional strengthening5 stages · 7 services
- 03Training & capacity building5 stages · 9 services
- 06Bids, proposals & intelligence5 stages · 4 services
- 10Executive advisory5 stages · 6 services
- 11Research supervision, academic coaching & publication support5 stages · 7 services
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