Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, a Senior Partner at KPMG Ghana, has been named Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) by President John Mahama.
A communiqué written by the Executive Secretary and addressed to President Dr. Callistus Mahama announced the appointment.
According to Dr. Mahama, the appointment will begin on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
This comes after Julie Essiam resigned in a letter to the president on January 20, 2025, via the Finance Minister-designate.
Profile
As the Senior Partner of the KPMG Practice in Ghana, Anthony Kwasi Sarpong oversees operations and gives strategic direction to meet important business goals.
Having worked in Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa, he has 22 years of expertise in audit, accounting advisory, corporate recovery, and insolvency.
Sarpong was a Partner and Head of Audit at KPMG Ghana prior to his position as Senior Partner. He also held the positions of Head of Risk Management and Financial Services Sector Lead.
He has led intricate cross-functional interactions for the company and has experience in both consumer markets and financial services business lines.
Sarpong is a member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAG).
He graduated from London Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom with an MSc in Financial Risk Management, the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and the University of Ghana with First Class Honours in Business Administration (Accounting option).
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Source: newsthemegh.com