Board Members

Pakwo Shum is an entrepreneur behind the start-up and development of various companies, bringing each to commercial success since 1988. In 2006, he founded Aviation Alliance to represent Delta Air Lines as Ghana’s dedicated General Sales Agent and has led the  company to win several awards including four CIMG Airline of the Year Awards, three National Aviation Awards, and an Executive Excellence Award for International Airline of the Year. Aviation Alliance now represents Delta Air Lines in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Niger.

Pakwo is also the founder and promoter behind the start-up of Air Partners Liberia, Mangifera Energy, Travel King, Adeva Gold Resources, and Laurus Investments Ltd. In 2010 he was awarded a Pillar Award from the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International. In 2012 he received an Anglican Bishops Award. In 2013 Pakwo was named Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana’s Best Entrepreneur of the Year – Airline Industry.

In 2019 he was honored with the CEO of the Year – Airline Sector award at the 4th Ghana CEO Summit, as well as the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year Award in Aviation at the Ghana Business Standards Awards’ ceremony in Accra. In 2022 he received a Hall of Fame Award in Airlines and Aviation from the Ghana CEO Excellence Awards. Pakwo Shum is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and serves on a number of boards including the American Chamber of Commerce Ghana, and Webster University in Ghana.

He is also board chair for the Anglican Diocese of Accra’s ADOA Group Holdings Ltd. as well as the chair of the Ghana International School Strategic Advisory Group. He studied at the Ghana International School, and the University of Ghana where he gained a BSc. in Administration. He is married and has three daughters.