Mr. Michael N. A. Cobblah

Mr. Michael N. A. Cobblah has seventeen years post-qualification experience and has undertaken advisory services work in investment banking including privatisations, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), project & structured finance, business strategy development and customer relationship management. He is currently the Country Representative at Ecobank Development Company overseeing Corporate Finance, Brokerage and Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a Manager in Corporate Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Michael's investment banking transactions collectively exceed US $4.0 billion and include the following landmark deals:

  • Provision of transaction advisory services and acting as lead managers during Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s (ETI) US $2.5 billion share offer.

  • Led a team of professionals in the privatisation of Ghana Telecom.

  • Preparation and execution of Ghana’s first Sovereign Bond Issue in 2007.

  • Financial due-diligence and pricing assistance assignment for Oceanic Bank International Plc for the proposed acquisition of a local bank.

  • Liquidation of Ghana Airways Company.

  • Structured and raised an amount of $5.5 million in equity and debt for the funding of the first multi-storey car park in Ghana.

Michael holds an MBA (International Banking & Finance) from the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham in the UK, and B.A. in Accounting and Economics from the University of Ghana. He is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA).

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