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Founder & Director

Osei Yaw Akoto

Osei Yaw Akoto is a strategic advisor and financial executive with more than 25 years of experience spanning commodities, gold markets, capital markets, risk management, investment strategy and corporate finance.

His career includes senior experience at Société Générale NA in New York, where he worked across gold structuring, sales and trading, physical precious metals, derivatives, commodity risk and structured financing.

He subsequently worked at Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York in commodities risk management, financial controls and corporate advisory, and later held senior leadership roles across investment management, private equity, corporate finance and operational transformation.

Selected credentials

  • Former Vice President, Société Générale NA, New York
  • Gold Structuring, Sales & Trading
  • Physical Precious Metals
  • Commodity Derivatives & Hedging
  • Central Bank Gold Lending
  • Commodity Risk & P&L
  • Former Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • Private Investment & Corporate Finance
  • MBA, Finance — Pace University
  • BBA, Public Accounting — Pace University

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