Professor Albert Kojo Quainoo was born on the 21st of August, 1961 at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. His parents were Mr Alfred Asabir Quainoo and Mrs Comfort Abayaa Quainoo who hailed from Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region all of blessed memory.

Marital Status:

Married to Mrs Grace Quainoo

Number of Children:

Three children
1. Stephanie Eija Aba Quainoo
2. Comfort Effua Quainoo
3. Alberta Efua Quainoo

EDUCATION

Professor Albert Quainoo began his primary school education at Peki Methodist Primary School in the Volta Region in 1966 and continued at Ho Methodist Experimental Primary School from 1967 to1974. Parents who were social workers relocated to Tamale in 1974 and he had the opportunity to continue his education at St Joseph Middle school and Bagabaga Demonstration Middle School between 1974 to1976. He gained admission to the Tamale Secondary School, where he had his entire secondary school education from 1976 to 1984. After his Six form national service at Ghana National College in Cape Coast in 1985, he preceded to University of Cape Coast and obtained his BSc Agriculture and Diploma in Education in 1990. He was in Finland between1990 to 1994 where he obtained his MSc in Plant Production at the University of Helsinki. Between 2002 and 2008 he obtained his PhD and Diploma in Professional Management at the University of Reading and Stratford Business School respectively all in the UK.

QUAILIFICATION

Level	Discipline	Date
Professional Development Diploma	Management Studies (Stratford Business School, UK)	September 2007-July 2008
Doctorate Degree	Biotechnology (Biological Sciences), University of Reading, UK	October 2002- July 2007
Masters Degree	Plant Production, University of Helsinki, Finland	October 1991- March 1994
Bachelors Degree, Diploma in Education	Agriculture and Science Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana	October 1985- June 1990

PROFILE AT TAMALE DIOCESE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH

• Diocesan Chairman – Methodist Lay Movement (MLM)
• Diocesan Chairman - Association of Methodist Men’s Fellowship (AMMF)
• Diocesan Vice Chairman - AMMF
• Secretary, Bethel Cathedral Tamale - AMMF
• Diocesan Vice Chairman - Methodist Lay Movement (MLM)
• Diocesan Treasurer - MLM
• Member, Synod Member
• Member, Standing Committee
• Circuit Chairman, Tamale Circuit - MLM
• Chairman, Bethel Cathedral Tamale - MLM
• Leaders Meeting, Bethel Cathedral Tamale
• Class leader, Bethel Cathedral Tamale
• Society Steward, Bethel Cathedral Tamale

RESPONSIBILITIES

a. Methodist Men’s Fellowship
1. Diocesan Chairman - AMMF 02/2019 - 09/2022
2. Diocesan Vice Chairman - AMMF 06/2016 - 02/2019
3. Secretary, Bethel Cathedral Tamale – AMMF 01/1998 - 09/2002
b. Methodist Lay Movement
1. Diocesan Chairman – MLM 10/2022 to date
2. Diocesan Vice Chairman – MLM 08/2019 – 08/2022
3. Acting Diocesan Treasurer 02/2022 – 08/2022
4. Diocesan Treasurer – MLM 08/2016 - 07/2019
5. Circuit Chairman, Tamale Circuit – MLM 03/2016 - 07/2019
6. Chairman, Bethel Cathedral Tamale – MLM 03/2010- 08/2014
7. Member, Synod Member 08/2010 - to date
8. Member, Standing Committee 05/2010 - to date
c. Bethel Society
1. Leaders Meeting, Bethel Cathedral Tamale 10/2008 - to date
2. Class leader, Bethel Cathedral Tamale 10/2008 - to date
3. Society Steward, Bethel Cathedral Tamale 05/2010 - 08/2016
d. Ministries 1. Diocesan Coordinator: Social Services 05/2014 – to date
e. Patron 1. Women’s Fellowship
2. Christ Little Band
3. Guild
4. SUWMA
5. Singing Band
6. Association of Methodist Choir
7. Youth Fellowship
f. Anniversary
1. Chairman: 30th Anniversary Celebration of Methodism in the North 1989-2019
2. Co-Authored “Footprints of Methodism in Northern Ghana (Tamale Diocese) 1953-2020 with Rt. Rev. Dr. Nathan Iddrisu Samwini and Very Rev. Francis Sabiga
3. Compiled the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Methodism in the North Brochure 1989-2019 with Rt. Rev. Dr. Nathan Iddrisu Samwini and Very Rev. Francis Sabiga