By Issah Mohammed, GNA
Accra, Nov. 9, GNA – Professor Peter Quartey, an economist and development finance expert, has been elected Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) for a one-year term.
He succeeds Mr Richard Ellimah, whose tenure ended in October 2026.
Mr Samuel Osei Bekoe, an economist and natural resource governance specialist, has been appointed Vice Chairman.
Professor Quartey, who represents the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), was elected by PIAC members at a meeting on November 3, 2026.
His election and Mr Bekoe’s appointment followed the reconstitution of the Committee, which also saw six new representatives inducted.
The six representatives were sworn in by Ms Evelyn Amerley Nuno-Amarteifio, Director of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Finance.
They are Mama Agumekosua V, representing the Queen Mothers Association of Ghana; Dr Edmund Adinkra Darko, representing the Trades Union Congress (TUC); Alhaji Abdul Majeed Saeed, representing Muslim Groups; and Reverend Johoiada Godwin Amuzu, representing Christian Groups.
The others are Mr Daniel Kissi, representing the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), and Mr Kyei Yamoah, representing Civil Society and Community-Based Organisations.
Prof. Quartey is the Provost of the College of Education, University of Ghana, and immediate past Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), where he served from 2018 to 2025.
He is also Executive Director of the ReFinD Research Initiative at ISSER.
Prof. Quartey previously served as Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana and Acting Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy.
With more than 24 years of experience, his areas of expertise include development finance, monetary and financial development, and private sector development.
Prof. Quartey holds a PhD in Development Economics from the University of Manchester and an MSc in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick, both in the United Kingdom.
He served on the Board of Agricultural Development Bank from 2017 to 2025 and is Vice Chairman of the Board of The Hunger Project Ghana.
Prof. Quartey is also a board member and Vice Chair, representing West and North Africa, of the Africa Network of Agricultural Research Institutes, based in Zambia.
He is a member of GAAS, where he serves as a Council Member and Honorary Treasurer.
Mr Bekoe has more than 15 years of experience in extractive sector governance, transparency, accountability and sustainability across Africa, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.
He is Executive Director of the Centre for Extractives and Development Africa (CEDA), where he leads research, policy advisory and capacity-building programmes in the extractive sector.
Mr Bekoe has also contributed to extractive sector data disclosure in Ghana and leads work under a UK Aid-funded Climate Compatible Growth programme examining the country’s transition to electric two- and three-wheelers.
His experience in natural resource governance and the energy transition is expected to contribute to the Committee’s oversight of petroleum revenue management.
PIAC is mandated under the Petroleum Revenue Management Act to promote transparency and accountability in the management and use of petroleum revenues.
Its responsibilities include monitoring compliance with the law, evaluating the management of petroleum revenues and reporting its findings to Parliament and the public.
Source: Ghana News Agency (GNA)
