CURRICULUM VITAE Proposed position in the Project: Consultant in Customs Maters. Category: Senior 1. Family Name: NKENGAFAC 2. First Name: Stephen 3. Date of Birth : September 9th, 1955 4. Nationality: Cameroonian 5. Residence: Douala, Cameroon 6. Sex: Male 7. Postal address: P.O. Box 3736-Douala, Cameroon 8. Email address: [email protected] 9. Mobile phone: (237) 99 83 24 22 /77 24 40 46. Relevant professional training. DATES Title of the certificate Principal Name and type of the formation or diploma delivered subjects/professional fields or educational establishment of knowledge covered 1983-1985 Cycle A Diploma of Financial controls National School of Administration ENAM (Customs) and Magistracy 1979-1982 Science degree in Analysis and Economic University of Yaoundé Economic Analysis and policies policies 1974-1976 Diploma of the national Topography and Survey School Buea school of Technology Photogrammetry (Survey School Buea) 11. Knowledge of languages: On a scale from 1 to 5 (1-excellent, 5 - rudimentary) Langue Reading Spoken Written English 1 1 1 French 1 2 2 1 12. Membership of a professional Organization: Member of the Cameroonian Mutual insurance company of Inspectors and Officers of Customs (MIOD) • General secretary of “Cameroon Service Quality Institute”, a private structure specialized in the development of Services Standards and the Certification of the Quality of Services. • National President of a development association (LECUDEM) from 1995 to 2005 – Local community of 5000 inhabitants approximately. • President of the Anglophone community of the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral of Douala from 2006 to 2009 (a community of approximately 150 persons). • National president of the Association of Former students of a Secondary School (Seat of Wisdom college Fontem) from 1993 to 2002, Association grouping together more than 300 members. • General Secretary of the Cameroon Quality Institute in charge of certificating the quality of services. • Certificate of the World Customs Oorganization (WCO) for deserving and exceptional services in the Cameroon Customs Administration • Medal of knight of the order of valour from the grand Chancellery of the national orders of the Republic of Cameroun 13. Other knowledge : Data processing: WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, INTERNET EXPLORER 14. Current Position: Independent consultant in customs maters, International Trade and Management of Projects. 15. Years of work in the Company/ Entity: • 07 years of experience at the Surveys Department (1976-1983) and • 26 years of experience at the Customs Headquarters (1985-2011) 2 16. Principal Qualifications: • More than 12 years of professional experience in customs regulation and trade facilitation, in particular, the mastery (as chief of sector) of clearance procedure of goods, the applicable customs modes (formulae), procedures for the observance and the pursuit of infringements made. Great experience in international customs co-operation: Participation in works, seminars, workshops on trade agreements, EPA, rules of origin, rules of WCO and WCO, AGOA etc. Experience in putting into place of measures for the promotion of good practice of ethics and good governance in Customs. Experience in the enforcement of the modernization plan of the Cameroon customs, as an active member – Vice - President-of the follow-up committee of the Customs/ Business Forum (platform of facilitation of exchanges and dialog between the customs administration and the private sector), active member - Rapporteur of the WCO sub- regional Working Group on Human Resource Management at the Headquarters of the Cameroon Customs, the manager of the GESSPER application (computer application for the follow-up and management of the performances of personnel and the central services of the Customs Headquarters) Experience in the collection and update of administrative and lawful texts within the framework of the construction of the window on CUSTOMS/BUSINESS FORUM of the Cameroon Customs’ new Web site Experience in training and organization of seminars and workshops 3 Date from….to…. Place Company and Referee Position Description Charged with the responsibility to : - ensure the follow-up of the relations between the Customs Head office and the South-west Customs Sector General Directorate of Customs. - Follow-up and control files having link with clearance procedures of goods - Prepare technical files for the meetings and Mr. AWONO MBEDE Thomas Principal seminars which the Managing Director of Attaché of the Customs organizes or takes part in. 2009-26/02/2011 Coordinator of activities of the Cabinet of the Cameroon Cabinet of the Managing - Ensure the follow-up of all the mails of the Managing Director of Customs Managing Director as well as that of the Dirctor of performances of the personnel and Services of Customs. the Head office by putting in place a computer application called GESSPER. - Represent the customs administration within the forum Customs/Business forum, as vice president General Directorate of Customs Chief of a team in charge of: - Searching and making use of information Mrs NJOCK Samuel and ALIM Verificator at throughout the national territory in order to Cameroon BOUKAR the National fight against customs fraud and smuggling, 2008-2009 Brigade of controlling post-clearance operations in the Simultaneously, Chiefs of records of companies aimed at detecting 4 National Brigade of Investigations. commercial fraud Investigations - Post-auditing of international trade operations Chief of a mixed team Taxation/Customs on a control General Secretariat of the Ministry of mission to exporting companies of locally manufactured Cadre Finance products with a view to recovering compromised 2005-2009 Cameroun customs duties and VAT Directorate of Customs Regional boss accounting for 30% of the customs revenue of Cameroun, conferred with the powers to: - apply the customs regulation Littoral II Customs Sector Chief of Sector - ensure liaison with other administration partners, (Regional Director) - follow-up compliance of service directives in the 2004-2005 Mr. GONI MAL ADJI clearance chain of goods and Cameroon Director of Customs - manage a staff strength of more than 250 agents divided amongst the different revenue production units of the super class main office Douala International Airport, super class main office postal parcels with its various sections, Main office of Youpwé, secondary Office of automobile park , unit of differed control, the external stores and the territory monitoring units of the subdivision of external stores, Subdivision of the Timber park , subdivision of the transfers and subdivision of equipment and boarding with their respective brigades 5 I conceived and introduced an application for the computerization of public auction sale of goods seized and abandoned in Customs Directorate of Customs Regional boss in charge of animating the local operational structures of revenue production (of commercial transactions) and those of territory monitoring (12 units spread out between Garoua, Customs Sector of the Nord Touroua, Demsa, Guider, Figuil, Touboro, Bardake and Region Chief of sector Pitoua with a total staff stength of 180 agents) (Regional Director) and chief of the - I personally initiated and put in place the procedure of 2001-2004 Cameroon Garoua main clearing goods by the use of detailed manual Customs House declarations , model D03 in replacement of the T6bis Mr.MANGA MASSINA receipts. Director of Customs - Determination of general directives with regards to taxation, provision of facilitation and control measures of trans-border trade with Nigeria. - Control and follow-up of consignments of goods transit- bound for Chad Regional boss in charge of animating the local operational structures of revenue production (of Directorate of Customs Chief of sector commercial transactions) and those of territory and chief of the monitoring spread out between Bafoussam, Customs Sector of the West Bafoussam Magba Banjoun and fongoutungo with a global region 1997-2001 Cameroon main Customs staff strength of 50 agents House - Determination of general directives with 6 Mr. MOULLELA Joseph regards to taxation, provision of facilitation and control measures of commercial operations Director of Customs between customs houses of the hinterland. - As a town, par excellence, for the storage of goods for which customs formalities had presumably been performed earlier on in other sectors and for potting of some products intended for export, the work of this sector consisted mainly of filtering and clearing the goods not regularly cleared by Customs elsewhere and to assist in the potting of the products (soap, Green beans and wood) intended for export Directorate of Customs Inspector- Charged to verifying the conformity of customs verificator for declarations with the Customs legislations and 1996-1997 Cameroon South West Customs Sector the South west regulation in force with a view to granting a release bond for the clearance of the goods for which a customs Mr. BAKOP NYAMSI Felix Customs Sector mode/formula is assigned. Chief of sector . Responsible for generating 35% of the customs revenue of the south-west sector. Directorate of Customs Clearing of Goods from Nigeria for direct home use. South West Customs Sector Chief of LOBE main Customs Frequent contact with economic operators to implement 1991-1996 Cameroon Mr. ESSAKA MOUNDOUROU measures of facilitation while securing revenue by House. fighting against commercial fraud and a good application