Mr. Gbekie holds a bachelor’s degree (B.sc) in Accounting and Finance from the Utrecht Business School - the Netherlands and the University of Lethbridge – Canada, A post graduate diploma (P.gD) in Finance & Investment, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University Scotland. He also holds a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Financial Management, majoring in Investment management - Robert Gordon University Scotland. Upon his return from Holland, Canada and Aberdeen, Scotland, Mr. Gbekie was head of Logistics and cost control at CELTEL (now AIRTEL). He went on to become Senior Relationship Manager and head of Local corporate portfolio of the Standard Chartered Bank (SL) Ltd. Mr. Gbekie is an associate Lecturer in Investment, Advanced Corporate Finance and Strategic Financial Management at Fourah Bay College and the institute of public administration and management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.