President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched his Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, a high-level advisory group designed to offer strategic direction on long-term economic reform, budgetary stability, and macroeconomic policy.
Leading figures from academia, the public sector, finance, and the business sector come together to support evidence-based economic decision-making through the Group, which is led by the president himself.
The group’s members include:
1. H.E. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President
2. Ishmael Yamson, Private Sector Leader
3. Kwame Pianim, Economist and Private Sector Leader
4. Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, Former Deputy Minister for Finance and former Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana
5. Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Economist and former Minister for Finance
6. Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, Private Sector Leader and Industrialist
7. Ato Brown, Former World Bank Infrastructure Specialist and Agribusiness Investor
8. Dr Henry A. Kofi Wampah, Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana
9. Togbe Afede XIV, Economist and Private Sector Leader
10. Abena Amoah, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Stock Exchange
11. Professor Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, University Professor and Academic Researcher
12. Professor Patience Aseweh Abor, University Professor and Academic Researcher
The President’s dedication to using extensive knowledge and a range of viewpoints to guide Ghana’s economic recovery and long-term prosperity is emphasised in the Advisory Group’s constitution.
Source: newsthemegh.com