Nana Bambara-Abban

nanaabban@gmail.com

Ghana (Africa) and Occasionally UK (Europe)

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About

Nana is a highly qualified, and experienced hands-on Business Agility and Transformation Professional (Business Developer, Coach, Trainer, Practitioner). He is an Agile Professional, Senior Scrum Master, Red Team Thinking (RTT) Certified Practitioner (Red Team Leader), Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT) and a Certified LAP (Lean Agile Procurement) Practitioner with over 20+ years in the field. He has had many roles throughout his career, including Project Manager, Senior Scrum Master, Product Owner, Trainer, Agile Coach, Senior Executive in the Public and Private sectors and more recently, working globally as a Business Agility and Transformation Coach. He challenges conventional thinking and the status quo, refusing to accept the idea of “this is how we’ve always done it or this is how it is or this is the only way”. He questions the unquestionable and thinks the unthinkable, he is by nature, a Red Team Thinker. Nana started his professional life on the "shop floor" as a Project Manager and Management Consultant. He then made the switch to Development and Agile and his career has progressed all the way through to Programme Management. Later, he moved on to work at an Executive level in the Boardroom. In the Public sector he has worked at a Police Commissioner level serving as Adviser to more than five (5) Inspector General’s of Police on Transformation and also supported Immigration, Prisons and Fire Service (under National Security). In the Private Sector, he has served as a Chief Operating Officer (COO), Executive Vice President (EVP). Deputy CEO and a Business Owner, launching several tech start-ups, two consultancies and two major global Business and Technology Events in the UK and Ghana (Africa). He works as an Executive Coach, commonly working with C-suite leaders and managers at many organisations. He also loves inspiring and coaching teams on the shop floor.