Board of Directors · Kente Registry Limited
Samuel Anum Adjei
Director
Samuel Anum Adjei is an accountant and auditor, and one of the founding Directors of Kente Registry Limited. He brings to the board the discipline beneath everything the Registry does: a record is only worth something if it can be checked.
At a glance
- ACCA (UK)
- CPA Australia
- MBA in Accounting, University of Cape Coast
- Bachelor of Education in Social Sciences, University of Cape Coast
- Experience: financial reporting, final accounts, financial and internal audit, public sector audit, data analysis
Education and profession
His grounding is in education. He took a Bachelor of Education in Social Sciences at the University of Cape Coast, and later returned to the University to complete a Master of Business Administration in Accounting.
He holds the ACCA (UK) and CPA Australia professional designations, with several years’ experience in finance, financial reporting and public sector auditing. His professional work covers final accounts, financial audit and internal audit, together with data analysis and reporting systems. He is now resident in Australia.
An auditor’s habits, applied to heritage
That combination matters here more than it might first appear. A register of Kente weavers and cloths is, at bottom, a body of records that other people are asked to trust. The habits of an auditor apply directly: establish the basis of a claim, record it, and be able to show it again later.
Every Registry record carries a permanent identifier and a stated verification status. Mr Adjei brings an instinct for the evidence and traceability that give both their meaning.
His background in teaching and the social sciences adds a further strength. He understands that a record serves the public only when it can be clearly explained to them.
Stewardship and accountability
He also brings the financial stewardship a company limited by guarantee requires. The Registry is accountable to its members and, in time, to regulators and supporters. That accountability is carried in properly kept books, clear reporting and honest internal review, not in good intentions.
His experience in public sector audit, where accountability to the public is the whole point, suits that role well.
On the board
As a Director, Mr Adjei contributes professional rigour in accounting and assurance, practical skill with data, and a steady insistence that what the Registry publishes can withstand scrutiny.