Harry Dodoo

Harry Dodoo was born on 8 August 1918 at Accra, Greater Accra Region, Gold Coast.[8] He studied at the Accra Academy from 1935 to 1938.[8][9]

Dodoo begun at the Accountant General's department, where he worked from 1939 until 1945. In 1945 he became an Articled clerk training in the field of Accountancy at Cassleton Elliot and Company (now KPMG).[1] In 1949, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He consequently became the first Gold Coast native to qualify as a Chartered Accountant in the Gold Coast. He worked as a Chartered Accountant with the firm from 1951 until 1952 when he was appointed accountant for the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (now Ghana Cocoa Board). In 1953 he was promoted to chief accountant and on 25 May 1955 he became the general manager of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board.[10][11][12][13][9] He served in that capacity until 28 February 1965 and on 1 March 1965 he was appointed managing director of the company.[14][15][16] He served as managing director of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board until 22 February 1967.[17] He served as chairman of the board of directors of Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board. In 1983, he was appointed chief executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), serving until 1985.[18][19][20] On 25 September 1986, he was appointed as chairman of the board of directors of Ghana Cocoa Board. He resigned from the board of directors on 26 April 1988. [21][22] In the early 1960s he served on the board of the Ghana Main Reef Limited.[23] He served as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana from 1974 to 1976.[24]

He enjoyed music and dancing.[9] He died on 10 February 2000 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra.[8]

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana