Team
Team
Meet Our Board Members
Mrs. Janet Tamaklo
Emeritus Chair
Mrs. Janet Tamaklo
Emeritus Chair
Mrs. Tamaklo is the immediate past Chair of Private Clinics Ltd (Nyaho Medical Centre). She is also a Director on the Board of the Lashibi Funeral Homes Ltd. She started her career at the Bank of Ghana in 1976 and worked within the Foreign Operations and Administration Departments. She joined Nyaho Medical Centre in 1985 and gained considerable experience in several aspects of the business including Administration, Human Resource Management, Purchasing, Housekeeping and Support Services at various periods. She became the Executive Director and, eventually, the Managing Director in 2001.
Mrs. Tamaklo made significant strides to modernise the hospital to deliver excellent health outcomes to its clients. She pioneered 24-hour diagnostic and pharmaceutical services, ambulance services and introduced innovative technology such as CT scanning and digital X-ray to the organisation. She has contributed to numerous articles on the role of private healthcare in national and international media such as Newsweek, Fortune and Times Magazines, whilst advocating the need for a better quality of services for patients.
She developed the ‘Nyaho Way’ - the guiding principle by which the staff of Nyaho Medical Centre demonstrate the values of the organization- to maintain patient-centeredness. Also, she has successfully steered the organization through several crises, most significantly, competently managing the first suspected case of Ebola in the country in 2014. She retired in April of 2015.
She has held several leadership roles in the Achimota Golf Club of Ghana as well as Zonta International and is an active advocate for the role of women and girls in business and education in the country. Mrs. Tamaklo’s received her undergraduate degree at the University of Ghana, Legon, where she earned a BA degree in Sociology.
Dr Elikem Tamaklo
Executive Chair / CTO
Dr Elikem Tamaklo
Executive Chair / CTO
Dr. Victoria Lokko
Ag. Managing Director, Healthcare Services SBU
Dr. Victoria Lokko
Ag. Managing Director, Healthcare Services SBU
Dr. Victoria Lokko is a Paediatrician Specialist and a Member of the West African College of Physicians and Surgeons (MWACP). She has over 19 years’ experience as a Medical Practitioner in different health facilities in Ghana; Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), 37 Military Hospital. Currently she is the Medical Director at Nyaho Medical Centre.
In 2007, she joined Nyaho Medical Centre as a part-time Specialist Paediatrician and joined full-time in 2009 due to the significant increase in the number of children at her clinics. She was appointed as the Medical Director in 2011 and has served in this capacity till date.
She is a result driven Executive Director with over 13 years’ experience as a Clinical Director in the private healthcare sector. She is an analytical thinker. She believes in teamwork knowing that there is value in relying on all the competencies in a team but at the same time shows strong leadership when necessary. She can adapt to change quickly. One outstanding trait of hers is that she has a high sense of loyalty, showing commitment and a sense of ownership to any task she is given, and expecting same of her team.
Her passion for success led to her being appointed as a United Nations Examining Physician in 2012, where she assisted the United Nations in performing pre-employment medical examination, periodic medical examinations, exit medical examination as well as help in medical evacuations, advising on vaccination and prophylactic needs in travel medicine. 2 She was awarded a Professional Fellowship by the Civilian Institute for Democratic Administration (Nigeria) in 2015 for exemplary leadership.
To improve her business acumen, Dr. Victoria Lokko enrolled in an Executive Masters in Business Administration at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and graduated in July 2019. She was appointed a Board Director of Nyaho Medical Centre in 2019 due to her excellent leadership skills. Amongst several interests, she also has interest in Advocacy for Patients and their families, and Quality Healthcare. She aspires to pursue an international certification as a Quality Health Professional. Her dream is to influence Ghana in delivering Quality Healthcare and to set this pace wherever she practices as an influencer in healthcare administration. This dream saw a glimmer of reality during the Covid 19 pandemic when she worked with stakeholders at the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to put together the first ever national guidelines for Laboratories with PCR labs. Leveraging on this, it was no surprise that working together with the Senior Management team, Nyaho Medical Centre was accredited the first private PCR Laboratory for Covid 19 testing and as a treatment centre for Covid 19. Dr. Victoria Lokko is a woman of many virtues, she is a Pastor with experience in branch planting. She loves Prison Ministry, as well as medical outreach programmes. She loves to cook, trying out new recipes. She is an avid reader. She is married with 4 biological children and 5 adopted children. She is a true definition of strength and an epitome of family and professional life balance in our 21st century.
Mrs. Janis McKenna
Board Member
Mrs. Janis McKenna
Board Member
Mrs. Vako Ferguson
Board Member
Mrs. Vako Ferguson
Board Member
Audrey Naa Dei Kotey, FCCA (Esq)
Board Member
Audrey Naa Dei Kotey, FCCA (Esq)
Board Member
She played a key role in the recent passage of Ghana’s Companies Act 2019 (Act 992) and the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015) having formed part of the team that drafted and worked on major pieces of legislation.Since the passage of these Acts, Audrey has sat on several panels training professionals, Boards of Directors, regulatory agencies and the general public on the Companies Act, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Insolvency Practice in Ghana. She has worked with professional bodies to ensure that their members are effectively able to implement all tenets of the Act. She has also worked closely with the Registrar of Companies on implementation of both pieces of law. An avid writer and trainer, she has written several articles on various aspects of corporate law, corporate governance, Board dynamics, rights of Directors and Insolvency and has also trained boards and c-suite executives on various aspects of law.
Ms. Maidie Arkutu
Board Member
Ms. Maidie Arkutu
Board Member
Gloria Tapon Njamo
Board Member
Robert Okine
Board Member
Robert Okine
Board Member
A graduate of the Stanford University Seed Program, Robert combines his academic background with over a decade of leadership experience, bringing valuable expertise in ICT governance, organizational strategy, and business transformation. In recognition of his contributions to digital innovation and inclusion, Robert was named an SDG Pioneer on Digital Innovation and Inclusion by the United Nations Global Compact, underscoring his dedication to using technology for social good.
As a Board Director at Nyaho Healthcare Limited, Robert is committed to supporting the centre's vision of delivering world-class healthcare services through strategic oversight and governance, ensuring the centre continues to meet the highest standards of care and operational excellence.
