BIO

Sharon Kaawaa Daplah was educated at the University of Ghana, where she obtained her Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Psychology (concentrations included industrial and organisational behaviour) and African Studies (with specialisations in gender and development), respectively. 

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Sharon has nurtured over a decade of study and practice and has a deep and passionate interest in talent development and management. Particularly how organisational systems amplify the value of talent to businesses. She deployed her knowledge at VisionQuest in New Jersey, USA, helping youth facilities better manage the process of reform for children and young people with psychological and behavioural risk profiles.

 

Beyond the human resource domain, she has skills in credit risk management, credit assessment, and credit modelling, as a result of decision-making roles at a major financial institution. A life-long research enthusiast, Sharon has led the Gender Horizon Group since 2014; built data models, designed, and executed complex research operations for the leading West African security research institute (the KAIPTC); conducted paralegal research for Ghana’s leading law firm (Bentsi-Enchill); and, as the Resource Centre Manager, helped the Youth Employment Summit establish a UNDP-funded, customer service oriented, youth employability program.

 

Sharon also has experience working in the media, having chaperoned what was at one point the leading talk show production company in Ghana, Channel Two Communications. An ardent "social justice warrior," her most rewarding work has been with leper colonies in Ghana and now, BDI, where she hopes to harness her skills to fight social injustices in Ghana and indeed, the African region.