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Jojoe leads agency administration, marketing, brand management, and company-wide learning and development. He has over 20 years of experience in insurance technical operations, customer relationship management, sales & marketing, project management, banking and academia.

Prior to joining miLife, he worked with Metropolitan Life, Express Life, Prudential Life, ESICH Life, uniBank Ghana, Akosombo Textiles Limited, CTD Textiles, Non-Formal Education Division and the University of Professional Studies, Accra.

Jojoe is a Chartered Insurer, a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (FCIIG) and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK (ACII). He holds a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Applied Insurance Studies (AAIS) from the Malta International Training Centre and Ghana Insurance College.

He is a Certified Project Manager and a Fellow of the American Academy of Project Management, USA (FAAPM).

He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the University of Ghana School of Law. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the GIMPA Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Ghana.

Dr. Sheila Addo is the Deputy Chief Executive (Technical) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). She is an Energy Policy Strategist whose work focuses on the development and implementation of energy and environmental policy, as well as the management of the commercial, social, and regulatory impacts of such policies.

With over a decade of experience in influential roles at the NPA, Dr. Addo has held several key positions, including Director of Policy Coordination, Director of Projects, Monitoring and Evaluation, Head of Research and Technical Aide to the Chief Executive, Head of Planning & Research, and Research Manager. Through these roles, she has contributed significantly to the formulation and implementation of major policies within Ghana's petroleum downstream industry, while also participating in international policy initiatives and research on energy governance and subsidy reform, including consultative work with global institutions such as the World Bank.

Dr. Addo also serves as an adjunct lecturer in Energy and Environmental Security at the postgraduate level. She holds a PhD in Applied Agricultural Economics and Policy, an MA in Energy Law, an MPhil in Agricultural Economics, and a BSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana, with specialization in Resource and Environmental Economics.

Nicholas Amartey is a climate and development practitioner, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor working at the intersection of sustainable development, regenerative enterprises, ethical innovation, inclusive economic transformation, and investment mobilization. He is the Founder of multiple ventures and initiatives, and his work focuses on building practical solutions that connect communities, enterprises, and institutions to opportunities in climate resilience, renewable energy, agribusiness, grant funding, and impact-driven development.

Through his leadership across these platforms, he has supported thousands of entrepreneurs and small businesses through capacity building, market access, enterprise development, grant proposal development, and ecosystem partnerships. His agribusiness project work includes supporting SMEs, agripreneurs, and producer-led enterprises with export readiness, value-chain development, market linkages, investment preparation, buyer engagement, and practical advisory support across agriculture and food systems. In his role at Founders Club International, Nicholas supports investment mobilization and deal flow by helping connect high-potential enterprises and impact-driven opportunities with investors, strategic partners, and growth capital. His work consistently champions models that place local communities, traditional knowledge holders, and grassroots actors at the center of development processes rather than at the margins.

Nicholas brings a strong interest in how emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, can be applied ethically and responsibly to advance human well-being, protect cultural knowledge, and strengthen community-led solutions. He is particularly interested in frameworks that recognize Indigenous and traditional knowledge systems not as relics of the past, but as living intelligence that can inform healthier, more inclusive, and more sustainable futures. His perspective emphasizes dignity, co-creation, local ownership, and the importance of ensuring that innovation supports rights, livelihoods, and long-term resilience.

A Climatebase Fellow and Terra.do climate fellow, Nicholas is also pursuing graduate studies in Development Management at American University. Nicholas Amartey is a Duke Global Policy Fellow 2026 in the Geneva Program, International Trade Policy Track, hosted by Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. His work and thought leadership are shaped by a commitment to bridging policy, practice, grant financing, and investment in ways that create equitable opportunities for vulnerable communities while advancing sustainable and regenerative development.

Dr Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan is an economist and strategy leader, affiliated with UW Seattle, OSU, LSE and Boston College USA. He has published 15 books and over 250 research papers. At NITI Aayog, he is currently a Fellow, formerly head, Trade, International Cooperation and Vision India@2047. He is associated with Pahle India Foundation, CSEP, ECIPE, IGES, GLO-India, Saudi GAFT, NICC, etc. He has advised Ministers globally, USDA, USITC, USOMB, Google, Amazon, World Bank, ILO, WHO, IMF, McKinsey, KPMG, PWC, Harvard University, Aditya Birla Group, etc. He founded a global research firm Infinite Sum Modelling LLC in 2015 and advised over 100 client organizations. He has received numerous awards and fellowships such as the 2021 IABCA Trade Impact award for Australia-India relations, Fellowship from RBI at IGIDR Mumbai, and a Fellowship to join the First Meeting with Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences Lindau, Germany.