[ 2016-09-23 ]

Africa Rising: Isaac Simpson becomes youngest CFA Charterholder in Ghana
As the Wall street journal succinctly puts it,
“The CFA Exams is the most difficult exam on
wall street.”

Isaac at 26, has been awarded the CFA Charter. He
is currently the youngest CFA Charterholder in
Ghana, West Africa. He attained above 70% in 9 out
of the ten tested subjects on average at all
levels.

He also passed all levels on first try. He pursued
this great success concurrently with various
levels of the Society of Actuaries actuarial exams
all of which he also passed on first try.

The CFA programme is the most coveted professional
financial designation globally. It consists of
three exams written once annually across the
world.

Overall, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
designation is a daunting challenge, and the odds
of success from start to finish are slim. Less
than 20% of those who begin the challenge end
successfully. Ghana has only 25 resident CFA
Charterholders.

Bloomberg’s Surveillance host, Tom Keene who is
a CFA Charterholder told Business Insider how
brutal the CFA exams are. In his own words, "The
CFA is what I call a British exam, which is very
difficult for Americans to understand.

"It's an overwhelming body of knowledge ... You
can't memorize it, you can't guess which parts
will be on the exam, it's just absolutely
overwhelming." He concludes with a rather
interesting statement about the exam; "You're not
trying to get an A+, you're trying to get a
quality C."

Isaac is currently a consultant with the Deals
advisory unit of KPMG Ghana. He advises on M&As,
company valuations, Financial Due diligence just
to mention a few. He also spent some time in
Deloitte West Africa advising on risk analytics.

He is a proud alumni of Achimota School and also
graduated magna cum laude from KNUST with a
bachelors in Actuarial Science. Isaac is not just
an academic person.

He is a peer counsellor and career coach. He has
supported many people land dream jobs both abroad
and locally. He is a Christian and enjoys playing
the jazz Guitar and gospel electric lead. He
supported the EPICS of Purdue University, USA to
get funding for community service projects.

The project provided portable water for rural
dwellers in Bekwai, in the Eastern Region of
Ghana.Isaac is also a key member of Preservers
Union, Ghana – a female human rights, protection
and development union.

He enjoys playing soccer and is an ad-hoc
community soccer team coach. We would like to
celebrate a Christian brother that honors God with
every talent he has.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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