Kwame Acheampong
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Work Address: Central College, 1300 Holman, Houston, TX 77013
Office Telephone: (713) 718-2225 (voicemail)
College Email Address:
Teaching Experience
Professor of Government
Houston Community College
(2000 – Present)
Texas Southern University
(2010- 2012)
Business and Management Experience
Eneval, LLC (formerly Quality Environmental & Energy Services, LLC)
2014 - Present
Managing Partner
Managing and providing leadershipforan environmental and energy consulting company that provides a wide range of environmental planning, analysis, and regulatory permitting services to both public and private-sector clients. Currently seeking opportunities in Sub-Sahara African countries where environmental challenges are pervasive.
GhanTex Holdings Limited
(2002 –2013)
President & CEO
Managed and directed the activities of a consulting firm that actively promoted US businesses that provided their products and service to Ghana. These companies included but not limited to Electronic Data System (EDS), Digimarc ID Solutions, S&B Infrastructure & Engineering and Knowledge Reservoir.
Government of Ghana
Trade & Investment Representative of the United States
(2006-2008)
Government of Ghana through Ministry of Trade & Industries appointed Kwame in recognition of his experience in trade policy and management consulting to promote and maintain well-established trade relationship between Ghana and the United States.
Corporation for Economic Development of Harris County, Houston, TX
(1997 – 2001)
Project Manager
International Trade and Business Development
Frankwell Financial Services, Houston, TX
Investment Executive (Foreign Currency Trader)
(1995-1997)
CITY OF AUSTIN
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE SERVICES, AUSTIN, TEXAS
Policy Analyst/Intern
(1993-1995)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1991
Master of Public Affairs (Public Policy) LBJ School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Acheampong, Kwame: Assessment of Regional Development Projects in Developing Countries from Policy Perspective: A Case Study of the Volta River Project of Ghana. Professional Report presented to LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Acheampong, Kwame et al: Liberalization and the Death of African Industries
African News Digest, Houston, Texas. 1998.
Acheampong, Kwame: NAFTA – Cross-border Trading and the Impact on Pharmaceutical Industries in the United States, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, MPAff. Project, 1994
Acheampong, Kwame: Regional Integration: Building a United and Prosperous Africa
African News Digest, Houston, Texas, August 2001
Acheampong, Kwame: Ghana: The Wrath of a Weak Legislature, The Daily Graphic of Ghana, 2003