Rack Centre, West Africa’s leading Carrier and Cloud neutral data centre, has announced the appointment of Harold Bedu-Mensah as Chief Financial Officer.
The appointment of Bedu-Mensah becomes effective Monday, December 16, 2024.
The announcement was contained in a statement issued and signed by Lars Johannisson, the chief executive officer, Rack Centre, on Tuesday, December 2, 2024.
According to Johannisson, the appointment is part of the bold move to consolidate the business growth trajectory of the company.
He said,
“We are delighted to welcome Harold to the Rack Centre team. His extensive experience and strategic mindset will be invaluable as we continue to grow and innovate. We are confident that he will play a key role in driving our financial success and achieving our long-term goals.”
Commenting on his appointment, Harold Bedu-Mensah said,
“I am honoured to join Rack Centre at such an exciting time in its journey. The company’s reputation for innovation, reliability, and sustainability is unparalleled in the West Africa region, and I look forward to contributing to its continued success. Together, we will support Rack Centre’s vision of powering Africa’s digital transformation.”
In his new role, Bedu-Mensah is expected to bring his 24 years of cognate work experience, which cut across telecommunications, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and health, to bear.
Until his elevation to the new role, he was the Head of FP&A and Strategy at Vodafone Ghana, where he was responsible for delivering finance operations targets, including financial control, finance transformation, digital finance, and quality targets for all accountabilities, and for delivering related operational efficiencies.
Prior to joining Vodafone, he was with Millicom (Tigo), for 12 years, rising through the ranks to become Corporate Finance Manager, and playing an international rolein the company’s growth working in Luxemburg, USA, London and Ghana.
A respected finance expert with notable international certificates in finance, Bedu-Mensah, holds a Master of Science in Finance, Florida International University, International Certificate in Corporate Finance Columbia Business School of New York and B.Sc. in Business Administration from Valley View University, Accra – Ghana
