Yaw Nsarkoh Biography: Age, Wikipedia, Family, Net Worth
Nsarkoh is a Ghanaian citizen who has had a long career within the Unilever group. He has headed several regional headquarters of the global manufacturing company, especially in Africa. He also served as a Strategic Assistant to Unilever’s President for Asia, Africa, Central, and Eastern Europe. Other top positions he has occupied at the company include African Regional Brand Manager, Production Manager for Unilever Ghana, etc.
Yaw Nsarkoh Biography
Yaw Nsarkoh is the Executive Vice President (EVP) of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria.
Prior to this, he served as the Managing Director (EVP) for Nigeria from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2016 and Managing Director, Unilever, East and Sothern Africa, based in Kenya from 2010 to 2013.
Yaw Nsarkoh Education
He studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Henley Management College, Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom.
Yaw Nsarkoh Career
Yaw Nsarkoh has extensive experience, spanning over twenty-nine years with Unilever, in leadership, and managing market conditions at strategic levels across developing and developed economies. His areas of expertise include business development, strategic leadership, marketing and branding, corporate governance, and organisational strategy. He is the former Executive Vice President of Unilever Global Markets. Prior to this, he served as the Managing Director for Unilever Nigeria, and East and Southern Africa.
Yaw has played several strategic roles on boards in Ghana and across Africa. Key amongst them is as Executive Board Member at Unilever Ghana, and at Trade/Employee Associations and Strategic Private Sector committees. He was previously Director of Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Chairman at East African Shippers Council and Director at Changing Lives Endowment Fund (CLEF).
He was instrumental, during tenure of former Unilever CEO Paul Polman, in delivering a visionary, bold and unconventional journey towards corporate recognition as leader in sustainability.
Yaw holds a postgraduate Diploma in Management from Henley Management College and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Yaw believes sustainability is important because it improves and secures the long-term health of society. Our world is not in a good place right now; therefore, we must act. The SDGs give a shorthand, but we must all work together to deliver more liberty, egalitarianism, and fraternity.
He is a regular speaker on business issues including marketing and leadership.
Yaw Nsarkoh Personal Life
His hobbies include walking, cycling, and civil society advocacy. He has a special interest in: development economics, management, and leadership philosophy.
Yaw Nsarkoh Net Worth
Details about his net worth is unknown.