Katakyie has served as Head of Strategy for Family Ventures and Offices (FVO) since 2022 – a family office based in Accra, Ghana. In this role, Katakyie oversees value creation efforts in FVO’s portfolio companies – primarily financial services institutions across the West African region (including Insurance Companies, Retail Banks, an Investment Bank, and a Credit Reference Bureau). Katakyie has also launched an internal fund that invests into FinTech startups that have clear synergies with FVO’s existing portfolio, allowing for mutually beneficial partnership opportunities between targets and existing portfolio companies.
Prior to joining FVO, Katakyie worked at Goldman Sachs for 6 years in New York and Hong Kong on the Equity Management and Strategy team where he was responsible for creating and executing market and client penetration strategies to help the firm’s equity trading division win market share in equity derivatives and synthetics products. At Goldman, Katakyie also served on the Analyst and Associate Council and was a steering committee member of the Black and Hispanic Network.
Katakyie is an African Leadership Initiative – Youth Leaders Fellow and is deeply passionate about the emergence of the African continent as a global powerhouse – particularly in the financial services industry. Katakyie graduated from Williams College with a BA in Economics and Psychology. At Williams, he was a member of the Track and Field team, eventually captaining the team and receiving All-American Honors in the 60m and 100m events.