George Smith-Graham is an experienced International Human Capital Management Consultant with over 30 years of working experience. He currently works as an International Consultant to the Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of the Wages and Compensation Commission of Sierra Leone. He has also undertaken several international assignments including Quality Assurance Support Services for the Government of Sierra Leone on the Job Evaluation and Labour Market Survey funded by the World Bank and executed by KPMG from 2014 to 2017.
He was the first CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) of Ghana and led the full implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy.
He worked as the Senior Vice President, and Head of Human Capital Management and Administration of Databank Group.
He also worked as the Human Resources Manager of the Forestry Commission of Ghana (FC), a multi-divisional organization where he was instrumental in the transformation of the Forestry Commission from a predominantly civil service organization into a corporate organization.
His professional expertise is in the areas of organizational change and transformation, performance management, salary negotiations, job evaluation, and compensation management, among others.
George Smith-Graham is the Founding President/CEO of the International Institute for Productivity and Public Management (IPPUM), Ghana and Sierra Leone and President/CEO of Strabsnet International Centre for Distance Learning.
Between 2013 and 2017, He served on the Government of Ghana team to the International Monitoring Fund (IMF) / World Bank Spring and Annual meetings in Washington and Tokyo. He also served on the Government of Ghana team to the
Governing Board and International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva Switzerland.
He is currently a research student at the University of South Africa School of Business Leadership pursuing a Doctor of Business Leadership and PPA Business School, Paris – France studying Doctor of Business Administration (DBA). He holds an International Executive Master of Business Administration (Human Resource Management) from the Paris Graduate School of Management - Paris, France, a Graduate Diploma in Management from the International Professional Managers Association, UK and a degree in Economic Planning from the Republic of Cuba.
Professionally, He is a Certified Fellow (FCIPM, FPMA) and a Certified International Professional Manager of the International Professional Managers Association, UK. He is also a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) with the West African Federation of Institutions of Administration and Management Consultants (WAFIAMC), a Chartered Management Consultant (cmc), and a Chartered Administrator from the Chartered Institute of Administration and Management Consultants – Ghana, and a professional member of the Institute of Business Consulting, UK, and the Human Capital Institute (HCI), USA.
George Smith-Graham is an Employee Retention and a Workforce Optimization Specialist from the Employer of Choice Inc. of the United States of America.