Harry Dodoo

Harry Amoo Dodoo (8 August 1918 – 10 February 2000) was a chartered accountant and a public servant. He was the first Gold Coast native to be a chartered accountant and the first Gold Coast indegene to work with Cassleton Elliot and Company (now KPMG).[1] He was vice president of the Association of Accountants of the Gold Coast (which was later renamed; the Association of Accountants in Ghana),[2] he also served on the first council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana and was also a past president of the institute.[3] He worked with the Ghana Cocoa Board[4] rising through the ranks from accountant, chief account, general manager,[5] managing director,[6] to chief executive.[7]

Harry Dodoo
Born
Harry Amoo Komla Dodoo

(1918-08-08)8 August 1918
Accra, Gold Coast
Died10 February 2000(2000-02-10) (aged 81)
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra
NationalityGhanaian
Alma mater
OccupationPublic Servant, Chartered Accountant
Known forFirst Gold Coast indegene Chartered Accountant

Early life and education

Harry Dodoo was born on 8 August 1918 at Accra, Greater Accra Region, Gold Coast.[8] He studied at the Accra Academy from 1935 to 1938.[8][9]

Career

Dodoo begun at the Accountant General's department, where he worked from 1939 until 1945. In 1945 he became an Articled clerk training in the field of Accountancy at Cassleton Elliot and Company (now KPMG).[1] In 1949, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He consequently became the first Gold Coast native to qualify as a Chartered Accountant in the Gold Coast. He worked as a Chartered Accountant with the firm from 1951 until 1952 when he was appointed accountant for the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (now Ghana Cocoa Board). In 1953 he was promoted to chief accountant and on 25 May 1955 he became the general manager of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board.[10][11][12][13][9] He served in that capacity until 28 February 1965 and on 1 March 1965 he was appointed managing director of the company.[14][15][16] He served as managing director of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board until 22 February 1967.[17] He served as chairman of the board of directors of Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board. In 1983, he was appointed chief executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), serving until 1985.[18][19][20] On 25 September 1986, he was appointed as chairman of the board of directors of Ghana Cocoa Board. He resigned from the board of directors on 26 April 1988. [21][22] In the early 1960s he served on the board of the Ghana Main Reef Limited.[23] He served as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana from 1974 to 1976.[24]

Personal life and death

He enjoyed music and dancing.[9] He died on 10 February 2000 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra.[8]

See also

References
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  2. "The Accountant, Volume 136". Lafferty Publications, Limited. 1957: 543. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Addo-Twum, J. K. (1978-04-07). "THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (GHANA), PUBLIC LECTURE". Daily Graphic. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  4. "TOP COCOA BOSS". Life. USA: Time Inc. 18 March 1957. p. 39. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. "Proceedings, Volume 2". African Studies Association, Los Angeles. 1968. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "State C.M.B. Newsletter, Issues 28-33". Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board. 1965: 28. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Talking Drums, Volume 2 Issues 1-25". Talking Drums Publications. 1984: 81. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Aryeh, Elvis (2000-02-16). Daily Graphic: Issue 147835, February 16 2000. Graphic Communications Group.
  9. "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic. 1966. p. 218.
  10. Great Britain. Colonial Office (1966). Colonial regulations for His majesty's colonial service...: Public officers. H.M. Stationery Office, London. p. 139.
  11. "Gold Coast Gazette". Government Print Office. 1957: 21. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. Daniel, D. K. (1975). Interdisciplinary perspectives on colonial and neo-colonial Africa: journal of proceedings. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University. p. 34.
  13. United Nations (1963). Working papers, volume 11. United Nations, New York. p. 103.
  14. Beckman, Björn (1976). Organising the Farmers: Cocoa Politics and National Development in Ghana. p. 277. ISBN 9789171061010.
  15. "Standard Bank Review". Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, London. 1966: 14. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. Ghana. Commission to Enquire into the Kwame Nkrumah Properties; National Liberation Council (Ghana); Ghana. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (1967). Report of the Commission, appointed under the Commissions of EnquiryAct, 1964 (Act 250) to Enquire into the Kwame Nkrumah Properties. Ministry of Information on Belhalf of the National Liberation Council. p. 48.
  17. Ghana Cocoa Board (2000). Ghana Cocoa Board Handbook. The Board. p. 58.
  18. "Ghana News, Volumes 13-14". Washington, D.C. : Embassy of Ghana. 1984: 14. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. "Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 1, Issue 7". Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1985: 21. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. "West Africa, Issues 3583-3599". West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1986: 1280. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  21. Ghana Cocoa Board (1988). "Annual Report and Account for the period Ended 30th September". The Board. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. "Daily Graphic: Issue 148526, May 18 2002; Democratic relevance of a culture of resignation by R.B.W. Hesse". Daily Graphic. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. "Mining journal, Volume 256". Fisher, Knight & Co., Ltd., London. 1961: 523. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  24. "ICAG" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-07-14.


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