The government has established a 12-member Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, comprising seasoned experts from academia, public service, and the private sector to offer strategic guidance on national economic matters.
The group includes Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, respected economist and private sector leader Mr. Kwame Pianim, and renowned industrialist Sir Samuel Esson Jonah. Other members are private sector leader and former PAGE member Mr. Ishmael Yamson; former Deputy Minister of Finance and Trade and Industry, Ms Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa; economist and former Governor of the Bank of Ghana and Minister for Finance, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor; and former World Bank Infrastructure Specialist and agribusiness investor, Mr. Ato Brown.
Additional appointees include former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah; economist and private sector leader Togbe Afede XIV; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Stock Exchange, Ms Abena Amoah; university professor and academic researcher Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour; and Prof. Patience Aseweh Abor, Ph.D., also a university professor and academic researcher.
This initiative forms part of the President’s commitment to leveraging national and international expertise for sound economic governance, strategic policy coordination, and evidence-based decision-making, aimed at addressing current challenges and fostering long-term growth and resilience.
Functioning as a non-partisan body, the group will advise the President on macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, and coordination between fiscal and monetary policies. It will also provide insights on structural transformation, industrial development, competitiveness, and export-led growth.
Further responsibilities encompass guidance on sectoral development, private sector expansion, investment mobilization, and sustainable job creation, alongside supporting major national productivity-enhancing reforms.
The advisory group will perform periodic assessments of Ghana’s economic performance, recommend policy adjustments as needed, and offer expert input for engagements with bilateral and multilateral partners, international financial institutions, and investors.
Reporting directly to the President, the group will submit advisory briefs, memoranda, and periodic strategic reviews upon request.