Michael Kwadwo Frimpong began his career in Quantity Surveying in 1988, when he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Building Technology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He also gained an Executive Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Project Management at University of Ghana Business School in 2006.

Michael joined the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) in 1996 when he was formally inducted into the Institution. His service in the Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS) began as a GhIS Representative on AAQS Council from 2004 to 2005. He was subsequently elected as Vice President of the Western Region of AAQS from 2005 to 2011 and then as President of the Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors from 2011 to 2014.

Michael has always been passionate about education and capacity building of the Quantity Surveying professional and thus took up his first job appointment as a teaching assistant at the Department of Building Technology, KNUST. He has also served on the Continuous Professional Development Committee (2005 to 2011) and the Education Committee (2012 to date) of the GhIS where he has been involved in the training of and organization of the QS Professional Examinations.

As a Quantity Surveyor, Michael worked with Cost Survey Consult (a QS practice firm) from January 1989 to May 1996. Afterwards, he moved on to Vector Morrison (Gh) Ltd (a civil and building contracting firm) where he worked as a Chief Quantity Surveyor from June 1996 to July 1998, a Commercial Manager from August 1998 to November 2008, and then Project Manager from December 2008 to September 2012. Michael Kwadwo Frimpong is now the Principal Consultant of MOKOF Consulting Limited (a QS practice firm), a position he has held since October, 2012.

Michael is blessed with a lovely wife, Henrietta, and daughters, Akua Mirekua and Adwoa Odamea