The government has established a 12-member Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, bringing together distinguished experts from academia, public service, and the private sector to provide strategic guidance on national economic affairs.
The group includes Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, respected economist and private sector leader Kwame Pianim, and renowned industrialist Sir Samuel Esson Jonah.
Other members are Dr. Ishmael Yamson, private sector leader and former member of PAGE; Ms. Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, former Deputy Minister of Finance, former Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, and former PAGE member; Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, economist, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and former Minister for Finance; and Ato Brown, former World Bank Infrastructure Specialist and agribusiness investor.
The group also comprises Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana; Togbe Afede XIV, economist and private sector leader; Ms. Abena Amoah, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Stock Exchange; Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, university professor and academic researcher; and Prof. Patience Aseweh Abor, Ph.D., university professor and academic researcher.
The creation of the Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy underscores the President’s commitment to leveraging deep national and international expertise to strengthen economic governance, enhance strategic policy coordination, and promote evidence-based decision-making.
Its mandate is to help the country navigate current economic challenges while positioning Ghana for long-term stability and growth.
Serving as a non-partisan advisory body to the President, the group will offer guidance on macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, and the coordination of fiscal and monetary policy.
It will also advise on structural transformation, industrial development, competitiveness, and strategies for export-led growth.
Additional responsibilities include providing direction on sectoral development, private sector expansion, investment mobilisation, and sustainable job creation, as well as supporting the design and implementation of major national productivity-enhancing reforms.
The advisory group will conduct periodic assessments of Ghana’s economic performance and recommend policy adjustments when necessary.
It will also provide expert input for Ghana’s engagements with bilateral and multilateral development partners, international financial institutions, and potential investors.
The group will report directly to the President and submit advisory briefs, memoranda, and periodic strategic reviews as requested.
