Ebo Hammond . PhD, FCILT
Researcher and Consultant
Ebo has 28 years experience in the health, logistics and transport fields, particularly as applied in the public sector. He has been very instrumental in the phenomenal growth of professional education in logistics and transport in Ghana through The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s professional courses in twelve accredited universities, Institutes and Polytechnics in Ghana, Togo and Cameroon. He was an adjunct faculty at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) for a decade where he taught logistics, transport management, marketing and strategy. Ebo is the Director, Health Administration and Support Services of the Ghana Health Service, Headquarters, responsible for planning and coordinating the delivery of support services in the areas of health infrastructure/estates, medical equipment, transport services and general administration. He is also the President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Ghana, responsible for promoting the study and practice of supply chain, logistics and transport in the country. He is a Member of the Ministerial Advisory Board of the Ministry of Transport, Ghana.
Ebo has core competence in logistics and transport policy formulation and restructuring of supply chains for value creation, expertise in critical logistics management and design, and strategic packaging management to achieve corporate competitive advantage. His special interest is in the area of using the mobile phone to leverage services to clients in the areas of health, logistics, transport and others. He has helped in drafting transport policies for the Accra Metropolitan Authority and National Aids Commission. He helped to review and restructure the logistics operations of Lexta Ghana Ltd, distributors of Yazz consumer products. He also worked with the World Bank/UNEP on phasing out leaded gasoline from fuels in Africa, which led to the successful phasing-out of lead from gasoline in Ghana and African countries. Ebo supported DANIDA (Ghana) in reviewing the role and benefits of the installed radio communication network in health service delivery in the Ghana Health Service. He has chaired and facilitated many multi-million dollar procurement projects for vehicles, motorcycles and boats for health service delivery. He co-authored the proposal that was very instrumental in establishing a vehicle hire-purchase scheme, which has seen the purchase and distribution of over 3000 saloon vehicles for health workers since 1998.
Among his academic repertoire, Ebo holds a BSc. Degree in Business Administration (University of Ghana Business School); an MBA (University of Edinburgh Business School-UK), a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing (Chartered Institute of Marketing-UK) and Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Management (University of Ghana Business School). He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, International). He also holds several professional and executive qualifications such as Certificate in Vehicle Fleet Management (UK), Postgraduate Certificate in Physical Distribution (Japan), Certificate in World Bank Procurement of Goods (GIMPA, Ghana), Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (South Africa), Executive Certificate in Logistics and Distribution Management (Singapore), among others.