Daasebre Nana Osei Bonsu II

Saint Oswald Gyimah-Kessie, also known as Daasebre Nana Osei Bonsu II was born on the 31st of December 1939. He is the Chief of Asante Mampong in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and Registrar of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He is married to Janet Gyimah-Kessie and are blessed with one issue.

After his secondary education at the Prempeh College in Kumasi, he entered the University of Ghana and completed in 1972 with a BA in Economics, Political Science and Modern History.

Daasebre plants a tree at the Launching of The Prempeh College Golden Jubilee in May 1998

Daasebre at the Launching of The Prempeh College Golden Jubilee in May 1998

After his first degree he worked at the Ghana Commercial Bank, Legon Branch as an Assistant Accountant.

He entered the University of Ghana again in 1967 to do further studies this time in Law, graduating in 1970 with LL.B. (Hons)

He joined the Ghana Parliament in 1971 as an Assistant Clerk of the National Assembly (Speaker's Office).

From Parliament he continued his education at the University of Ghana taking a professional training course for lawyers in 1972. Later in the year Nana Bonsu joined the administrative staff of the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi as an Assistant Registrar.

In 1975 he did a Higher Education administrative course in Manchester (UK) and that returned that same year to be promoted to Assistant Director, Academic and Student Affairs, a position he held till 1979.

He moved through Senior Assistant Registrar, Acting Deputy Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Acting Registrar and to become the Registrar in 1991.

In the law business, Nana Bonsu did his final part of the professional training course for Lawyers in 1978, became a Barrister at Law/Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana in 1980 and became a Senior Lawyer in1987.

He is associated with several professional bodies, some of which are listed below;

Member, Ghana Bar Association

Member, Ghana Association of University Administrators

Member Rotary International

Honorary member, Kumasi Golf Club

Chairman, Youth Development Foundation, Kumasi

Honorary Legal Consultant/Solicitor, National Sports Council

Patron,Heart Foundation

Legal Consultant, Ashanti region Association of rural Bankers

Nana Bonsu has travelled to several countries across the globe for conferences and duty tours.