Mr. Momodou Ceesay
(Managing Director)
Profile
Mr. Ceesay joined the Corporation in January 2007 as internal audit supervisor. He then gradually rose to the position of Assistant Internal Audit Manager in January 2008. In May 2010, he was appointed acting Director of Finance and finally got appointed as the Director of Finance after serving for some months in the acting position.
During this period the Board of Directors implemented some structural changes which placed Administration under the Finance Directorate, and Mr Ceesay was appointed as
Administration and Finance Director in September 2011, before being appointed as Acting
Managing Director in May 2012. After serving for about a year as the acting Managing Director,
Mr. Ceesay was finally appointed as the Managing Director in January 2014, a position he is currently holding.
Prior to joining the Corporation, Mr. Ceesay worked as a Transaction Officer at Standard
Charted Bank from September 2005 to December 2007. He worked as an Accountant for Gamstar
Insurance Company and is a qualified teacher, who had taught English, Mathematics, and Social and
Environmental Studies at secondary school level. His teaching experience extends to primary school as well.
Mr. Ceesay Apart from his training as a teacher, later studied Accountancy at the levels of
AAT and ACCA. He attended numerous Financial and Administrative training Programmes through
seminars and other forms of executive trainings.
(Finance Director)
Mr Amadou Cham joined the Corporation in May 2019 as Internal Audit Manager. Within a month, he was offered the position of Director of Finance in the Corporation.
Prior to joining the Corporation Mr. Cham served as supervisor and Accountant at the Gambia Maritime Adminstrator (GMA) and he also served as Head of Audit at Quantumnet Ltd and later as an
Accountancy technician at NAWEC.
His specialist area in the Accountancy profession is Financial Reporting, Auditing and Taxation at both
CAT and ACCA level.
Mr. Momodou Lamin Touray
(Director of publishing)
Profile
Worked as Assistant Editor/Proofreader from 1983 to 1990 and Editor from 1990 to 2005. As editor,
Mr. Touray carried out some administrative work. Following the merging of the Book
Production and Material Resources Unit (BPMRU) with the National Printing and
Stationery Corporation (NPSC) and in January 2006, Mr. Touray was appointed as the Human
Resources Manager. In September 2011, Mr. Touray was appointed Administration/Human Resources
Manager, a position he held until . his promotion Director of Publishing and Legal Publications.
QUALIFICATIONS
Higher National Diploma in Printing: West Hearts College, United Kingdom, 1995.
Final Year Project: A Study into Ways of Improving the Production of Books and
Other Teaching Materials at the Book Production and Material Resources Unit in The Gambia.
Certificate in Professional Development in Design: Leicester College, United Kingdom, 2001.
Diploma in Professional Development in Electronic Publishing: Leicester College, United Kingdom, 2001
Bachelors Degree: English Language, the University Extension Programme in The Gambia, 2000.
Diploma in Human Resources Management: Institute of Professional Financial Managers, (IPFM) 2009.
Higher National Professional Diploma in HRM: Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM), 2010
Final Year Project: Research Project on Effects of Corruption on Organizational Development in
The Gambia.
Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management: Stratford College of Management,
The Gambia, 2013. Final Year Project Poor Organizational Culture: A source of Institutional Failure
in The Gambia.
Certificate in Leadership and Competency Skills: Management Development Institute (MDI), 2014.
Certificate in Managing Change: Business Transformation in the Digital Age: Crown Managed
Services Ltd, 2017.
Certificate in Strategic Planning & Performance Management: Management
Development Institute (MDI), 2017.
Experience
Mr Touray edited some books including Ethnic Groups of the Sene-Gambia Region and Trade in The Sene-Gambia Region by Sonko-Godwin. Following the establishment of GPPC in 2006, Mr Touray was
appointed Human Resources Manager and he set up the Human Resources Department of the Corporation. He later became the Admin / HR Manager, a position he served with deligence until his promotion to his currently held position of Publishing and Legal Publications Director.