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, respectively. In May 2010, Mr. Ceesay was re-deployed to the Finance department as acting Director of Finance and finally got appointed as the Director of Finance after serving for some months in the acting position. During these period the board of Directors decided to include the Administration as part of Finance Directorate, and Mr Ceesay was appointed as Administration and Finance Director in September 2011, before been 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 the 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 was a qualified teacher, teaching as English, mathematics, and Social and Environmental Studies at secondary school level. He also taught at primary school level as well.
Mr. Ceesay is a seasoned teacher having gone through teacher Training College and later studied Accountancy at the level of AAT and ACCA. He attended numerous Financial and Administrative training in seminars and other forms of Executive trainings.
Ms Carrol
(Asst Managing Director)
Ms Carrol is the Assistant Manager Director at The Gambia Printing & Publishing Corporation and has to her credit, more than three decades of Graphic Design, Publishing and Print-production experience. At the beginning of her Career, she worked as an Education Officer for the Book Production & Material Resources Unit, a Printing House under the Ministry of Education from 1985 – 2005.
During the latter, she coordinated the designing, printing and performed all Cost and Production Estimates of an array of incoming jobs. She also acted as liaison with Clients, on matters relating to Print Production. As a Graphic Artist, Designer and Publisher, in making a meaningful contribution to Corporation, she meticulously blends her artistic and design skills to suit Offset Printing, management and distinguishing quality and features of various print products.
Mr. Amadou Cham
(Finance Director)
My name is Amadou cham and I joined the corporation in May 2019 as internal Audit Manager. And in a month later I was offered the position of Director of Finance at the corporation.
Prior to joining the corporation i serve as supervisor and Accountant at the Gambia Maritime Adminstrator (GMA) and i also serve as Head of Audit at Quantumnet Ltd and Nawec as Accountancy technician.
My specialist Area in the Accountancy profession is Financial Reporting, Auditing and Taxation at both CAT and ACCA level.
PERSONAL PROFILE OF
Momodou L Touray (May, 2017)
Worked as Assistant Editor/Proofreader from 1983 to 1990 and Editor from 1990 to 2005. As editor, I was also carrying 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, I was appointed as the Human Resources Manager. In September, 2011 I was appointed Administration/Human Resources Manager, the position I still hold.
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)
- 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 on Leadership and Competency Skills: Management Development Institute (MDI), 2014.
Certificate on Managing Change: Business Transformation in the Digital Age: Crown Managed Services Ltd, 2017.
Certificate on Strategic Planning & Performance Management: Management Development Institute (MDI), 2017.
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. Mr Touray is the Manager of the Corporation’s Administration/Human Resources Department.