Mrs. Vako Ferguson is an advanced business management professional, and has spent the last almost 15 years in healthcare, management consulting and the entrepreneurial space in both her resident country of Ghana as well as in international locales.

Upon graduating with an Economics degree from Hamilton College, Vako remained in the United States to undertake internships with both the Global Business School Network (GBSN) and Management Sciences for Health (MSH). She returned to Ghana in 2010 and spent the next 6 years in a variety of roles within her father’s business - Nyaho Medical Centre - assisting in the development of business and administrative structures.

During her time working within the family business, Vako created and fine-tuned protocols within the key departments of client services and business development. She also assisted in the formalization of the HR and IT units which, hitherto, had been embedded within general administration. Within this time, she pursued a Post-Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) as well as a Masters in Business Administration with certification in Health Sector Management from Duke University, USA.

The vast experience and knowledge gained whilst working at Nyaho Medical Centre positioned Vako as an authority in both quality and strategy management leading her to eventually take a seat on the Board in June 2015, which she held until August 2018. During that time, Vako acted as Chairman of the Clinical Governance Committee from its inception.

Since her departure from the family business, Vako has strengthened her management consulting acumen by undertaking multiple projects including assisting a micro-finance organization in Rwanda to effectively raise funds in pursuit of the expansion of its business. She had the opportunity to work in Zambia where she was a Management Partner with AMPHealth (a member of the Aspen Institute) and was embedded within the Immunization team in the Ministry of Health to provide hands-on experiential learning and training in management best practices.

Vako has, in the past six years, also invested in her passion for the performing arts by creating a company, under the brand name – The Indigen Group - of which the long-term vision is to help create an enabling environment for more robust institutions and centers for the arts in her native Ghana. She recently, in 2023, became a fellow of Triga Ventures, SA, a business accelerator that positions faith-driven businesses to be investment-ready and to scale.

As well as being an active shareholder in her business family, where she holds the role of Executive Officer, building new skills in family office and wealth management, Vako acts as company secretary for both a new hospitality and aviation company in Ghana. She is a Masterclass Certified Practitioner in the Business Model You® methodology and offers individual and group coaching sessions in this domain.

Earlier in 2022, Vako had the immense privilege of undertaking training with TheBoardroom Africa where she completed their flagship Open Doors Board Effectiveness Programme. This has placed her in a prestigious network of more than 180 women leaders from across the continent and globe and positioned her well to be a valuable contributor to any boardroom setting now and in the future.