Program Leadership, Structure and Staffing

49 3 Program Management

3.1 Program Leadership, Structure and Staffing

CRC Personnel Changes There were several personnel changes at CRC that should be noted. • Mr. Godfred Ameyaw took up a position within the ICFG project for the WFC. His replacement as the new Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist is Ms. Patricia Mensah. • Ms. Sally Deffor, formerly Communication Officer, has left to the UK to pursue her studies and has been replaced by Elvis Addae who worked on the ICFG Initiative for Friends of the Nation in 2010 and subsequently for LOGODEP. • Two other staff at the Accra office Ms. Rebecca Dadzie Program Assistant and Charles Birinkorang Driver resigned their positions at the end of the year. The vacancies have yet to be filled. • Ms. Esther Amewode Finance and Administrative Manager and Moses Abbey Bookkeeper were discharged due to poor oversight which led to the loss of project funds see under financial Management below • Mr. Robert Allou was appointed Finance and Administrative Manager while Mrs. Perpetual Kwakuyi took up a position with CRC-Ghana as Executive Assistant WFC Personnel Additions Dr Tendayi Mutimukuru Marivanyika –a community engagement expert, was recruited as a post- doctoral fellow for the remainder of the project duration to lead and strengthen the in-country WorldFish team and activities. She will lead training and participatory research components of community pilot trials. Cephas Asare, A 2010 national service volunteer, was retained for his exceptional performance and has joined the local Worldfish Center team of 3 based in Ghana. Financial Management During this period, some financial irregularities were reported. The University Office of Compliance Director, Eileen Tobin traveled with the CRC Business Manager, Cindy Moreau to investigate and document the anomaly. As a result, standard operating procedures were tightened, financial support personnel were terminated and a new more experienced finance administrative manager was hired. There were funds that were embezzled totaling less than 5,000. This amount is being charged to university institutional funds and no project funds will be charged to USAID for this incident. Comprehensive internal audit of monthly accounts has isolated the problem and we are confident that this problem has been identified and there are not additional incidents that have gone unrectified.

3.2 Staff and Partner Capacity Development