John Ofori-Tenkorang

John Ofori-Tenkorang is a Ghanaian public servant, an investment banker, an engineer and an academic. He is currently the Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

John Ofori-Tenkorang
Nationality Ghanaian
Education
Occupation
  • Academic
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Investment Banker
  • Civil Servant
Known forDirector General, Social Security and National Insurance Trust 

Early life and education

He had his secondary education at St. Peter's Boys Senior High School, Nkwatia Kwahu. He proceeded to Pearson College UWC in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. There, he obtained his International Baccalaureate Diploma. He enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.[1]

Publications


Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang has a number of research publications and inventions to his credit.


Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Chapman, J., Lesieutre B.C., (1996). Transient and Stability Analysis of Time-Domain Reactive Current Analyzers using Averaged Waveforms; IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Volume: 45, Issue: 1 , Feb 1996, pp. 280-287.


Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Lang, J.H., (1995). A Comparative Analysis Torque Production in Halbach and Conventional Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors; IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, U.S.A, pp. 657-663.


Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Lang, J.H., (1994) Halbach Permanent Magnet Motors: A Candidate for Direct Drive Wheel Motors; Universities Power Engineering Conference, Galway, Ireland, pp. 17-20.


Ofori-Tenkorang, J., (1993). A Microprocessor-Based Interactive Home Energy Monitor; S.M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.


Ofori-Tenkorang, K.M., (1993). Wireless Telecommunications with Microwave Digital Radio, African Technology Forum, New Age Telecommunications, Volume 6, No. 2.


Casey, L.F., Ofori-Tenkorang, J., Schlect, M.F., (1991). CMOS Drive and Control Circuitry for 1-10 MHz Power Conversion; IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol 6, Issue 4, 1991, pp. 749-758.


Ofori-Tenkorang, J., (1989). A Microprocessor-Controlled Household Power Monitoring Unit; S.B. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Career

Ofori-Tenkorang begun his career as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He developed propulsion systems and novel electric motors for electric vehicles for Ford Motor Company. He also worked for Quantum Corporation, Milpitas and Lutron Electronics Company in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and St. Kitts. He later joined the American International Group (AIG) where he worked with its financial subsidiary; AIG Trading Group. He became assistant vice president and later vice president of the group. He later joined AIG Financial Products Corporation (AIFP) and Banque AIG serving as its executive director. He was transferred to South Africa where he was responsible for the company's investment activities in Africa.[2] In 2006, he left AIG to join Gödel Commodities Management, United States of America and Dubai Natural Resources World, United Arab Emirates. He later returned to Ghana in 2016 to work at the office of the vice president as a technical adviser. He was appointed Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in 2017.[3][4][5][1]


Invention

Ofori-Tenkorang et al. (1991). Potentiometer State Sensing Circuit, United States Patent 4,987,372

Honours

He won the Carlton E. Tucker Teaching Award for Best Teacher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Personal life

Aside English, he is fluent in the French language.

He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi society, Eta Kappa Nu society and Sigma XI Honour society.[1]

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See also

References
  1. Zadok K. Gyesi,"Director-General of SSNIT to receive award" Archived 2019-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Graphic Online, 07 September 2018.
  2. "OFORI TENKORANG v. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC AIG AIG AIG". Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  3. "Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang". Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  4. Myjoyonline,"SSNIT saves GHC20 million from pension payroll clean up" Archived 2019-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Ghanaweb, 30 November 2018.
  5. Godwin Akweiteh Allotey,"Former SSNIT bosses travelled first class – Director-General" Archived 2019-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, CITI NEWSROOM, 19 April 2018.
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