05°33′N · 0°10′W — Accra
The House — 01
Leadership

The office of the House.

Three officers hold the executive authority of the Group. Office before officer; function before name; record before claim.

Mr. Louis Tanoe Vonan
I

Mr. Louis Tanoe Vonan

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Four decades across the West and Central African downstream — Shell’s Africa distribution, Managing Director of Chevron Oil Nigeria, and architect of the framework that restored Ghana’s Strategic Security Stocks.

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Mr. Mahamar Tanoe Vonan
II

Mr. Mahamar Tanoe Vonan

Vice-Chairman & Chief Operating Officer

Second-generation oil. Supply-chain logistics at Manchester and Salford, sharpened at CITAC London. Holds the operational floor of the Trading House. Concurrently Chairman & CEO of Casti Capital Ltd, Manchester.

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Mr. Vince A. D. e/v King
III

Mr. Vince A. D. e/v King

Chief Compliance Officer

Heads the Department of Compliance, Risk & Governance across the Group — compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions, cyber, due diligence, and intelligence. Standing board-level authority to halt, escalate, or require remediation.

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Articles IV — IX

The departments.

The six functional Departments of the Group, under the standing oversight of the Chief Compliance Officer. The Officers hold the executive authority; the Departments hold the function.

IV

Compliance, Risk & Governance

Legal, compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions, cyber, due diligence, market intelligence, and brand. The protective brief across the Group; standing authority to halt or remediate any transaction.

V

Sustainability & ESG

Environmental compliance to IMO MARPOL Annex VI and ECOWAS common product specifications. ESG as a discipline within Compliance, Risk & Governance, not a function appended to it.

VI

Trade Finance & Credit

Documentary letters of credit, standby letters of credit, credit assessment of counterparties, and relationship management with the Group’s correspondent banks.

VII

Counterparty Relations

Origination, vetting, onboarding, and ongoing relationship management across the trading jurisdictions. In step with Compliance, Risk & Governance on KYC and sanctions screening.

VIII

Human Capital

Recruitment, retention, and development of personnel across the Casti Group. Maintains the documentary record of every member of the team and the roster of appointed Heads.

IX

Administration

Day-to-day administration of the Office of the Trading House in Accra. Holds the operational diary, correspondence record, and standing protocols of the Office of the Chief Executive.