Current and Future Climate-Related Risks for Sub-Saharan Africa

Abbas Agbaje is the Managing Consultant at ImpactCrest Consulting, an environmental and social safeguards and compliance consultancy with the African Development Bank. Abbas is an ESG and impact professional with more than ten years of experience supporting the integration of environmental and social (climate, gender, and impact) factors in investment advisory and operations for projects in sub-Saharan Africa. He has led various ESG engagements working with development partners such as AfDB, World Bank Group, BII, DEG, KfW, GuarantCo, InfraCo Africa, AFC, and other local and international institutions. Abass’ key areas of expertise include environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA), sustainability reporting (UN PRI and GRI), GHG inventory and reporting, and green finance (bonds and loans).

Previously he worked as Vice-President, ESG and Social Impact at Kuramo Capital Limited, ESG and Social Impact Manager at InfraCredit, and Director/Senior ESG Consultant at EBS Advisory Services (recently acquired by EY-Parthenon). A volunteer member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Sustainability Policy Commission since 2019, Abass is now the Adjunct Technical Anchor for the Commission, contributing to policy dialogue, advocacy, and research across three thematic areas: environment and climate change, circular economy, and blue and marine economy.

Osei-Asenso Antwi is a risk consultant with a decade of experience in leading teams for clients in finance, mining, agriculture, consumer markets, and government entities. He is currently a Senior Manager with the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Services of KPMG Ghana. His areas of expertise include Enterprise Risk Management, ESG & Sustainability Services, and Business Process Optimization. 

Osei-Asenso is a Fellow with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a member of the Chartered Accountants (CA) Ghana, a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institutes (PMI), and holds the GRI Professional Certificate. 

Osei-Asenso has facilitated training sessions on ESG and Sustainability for boards of banks, other businesses, and the public.

Chukwukadibia Okoye is the CFO, Africa, at United Bank for Africa where he covers the Bank's operations in Africa. He is an experienced transformational risk management, finance, and investment executive with over 15 years industry experience spanning risk management, assurance, and business consulting across various industry sectors.

Chukwukadibia’s professional experience began at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he trained in business assurance and advisory services. After his time at PwC, he joined United Bank for Africa as a Head of Financial and Technical Analysis and was responsible for IFRS Compliance and Financial Reporting. Later he became Chief Financial Officer of Coronation Merchant Bank, where he was responsible for corporate strategy while directing fiscal functions, budgeting, performance reporting, and financial and regulatory reporting for the bank.

Chukwukadibia holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) Certification and Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR®) Certificate from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP®). He is also a fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK, and an associate member of Nigeria Institute of Management, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and Chartered Institute of management Accountant UK (CIMA-UK).

Kwame Sarpong Barnieh has more than 21 years of experience in audit and advisory and is a Partner in charge of Governance, Risk and Compliance Services (GRCs) within KPMG Ghana’s Risk Consulting practice.

Kwame’s ESG and sustainability experience involves serving as an Engagement Partner for Environmental and Social Risks Assessments and Sustainability Assurance engagements. He has facilitated sessions on ESG and related topics to the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA), Ghana Chamber of Mines, UN Global Compact, and the Africa Real Estate Conference and Expo.

Kwame has facilitated leadership trainings for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, and newly promoted managers in KPMG Ghana. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Global Management Accountant. Kwame holds an Executive MBA from Penn State University, Smeal School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Administration from Fox School of Business & Management at Temple University.