Managing Partner and Founder, Vibranium Capital Group, Potomac, MD

Kojo Mills is a Senior Investment Leader, Board Advisor, Non-Executive Director and Global Corporate Transaction Expert, advising on the delivery of emerging market investment strategies for global investors, technology-enabled corporations and Financial Services firms. His value proposition includes leveraging experience executing multiple corporate transactions for international investment banks, private equity funds and investment companies to drive Board-level decision making; innovating and implementing investment strategies including new market entry positioning, due diligence, negotiations, and debt/equity capital raisings to optimize ROI; combining significant Non- Executive experience in corporations, non-profit organizations and regulated Financial Services entities to credibly advise on targeted growth objectives; and nurturing private and public sector relationships and networks, up to Board level, to achieve business goals.

Kojo has been a Founding Director and leader of multiple investment companies, generating $1bn+ investment returns over 25-years in Africa. He has raised $500m+ in debt and equity capital for transactions and returned capital (over 20% IRRs) to institutional and private investor groups. Kojo has been an Investment Banker on Wall Street, a Securities Trader/Fund Manager in Ghana, a PE specialist in US & Africa, and a NED of numerous Financial Services entities, including banks and large asset managers. He has been an Active Board Member, either as a Shareholder Representative or Independent Director, on over 20 companies and non-profit entities across his recent career. He possesses a long, successful track record of acting as a fiduciary and an advisor to senior management teams.

Mr. Mills is currently Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of Stanbic Investment Management Services, a $1bn Ghanaian Securities & Exchange regulated asset & pension fund manager and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ashburn Consulting LLC, a Washington, DC based Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Data Center/Cloud solutions provider to federal, state, and local government clients; educational institutions; and commercial organizations. Kojo serves on the Investment Committee of VestedWorld, a US-based venture capital firm investing in Africa. He also Chairs the Board of Directors of ‘Lead for Ghana’ and is the Finance Committee Chair of ‘Get in the Game’, two education focused foundations. He is a member of the Nomination Committee of the Board of Governors a premier country club in Maryland.

For 9 years, Kojo was on the Board of Directors of Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd, a Ghanaian regulated bank where he served as Chair of Audit Committee and the Credit & Risk Committee, reducing non-performing loans to industry’s lowest over 3-years. Kojo was previously Chair of the Global Engagement Committee of Georgetown University’s Board of Regents (and member of the Nominating Committee), co-leading a successful capital campaign to raise $200k+ for a new institute. Kojo has lived and worked in the US, Ghana and South Africa and has significant and meaningful business and personal networks in all three countries. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Georgetown University. Kojo has a certification from Santa Clara University’s Black Corporate Board Readiness program, is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, is FINRA SIE certified and holds a Top Secret (TS) securities clearance from the US Government. He is a married to his wife and fellow dual citizen of the US and Ghana and is an empty nester and a proud father of two adult children. Kojo is passionate golfer, an enthusiast of racquet sports and a dedicated supporter educational initiatives.