Profile of Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson — Minister for Finance designate
by Akua Asantewaa · MyNewsGh.comPresident John Dramani Mahama today, January 9, 2025, named his first set of ministerial appointments.
First on the list is Cassiel Ato Baah Forson.
He has been named as the Minister for Finance designate, Mynewsgh.com can confirm.
Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson is an Economist, Chartered Accountant, and Tax Practitioner with extensive experience in public finance, macroeconomics, fiscal policy, tax policy, and business management.
A five-term lawmaker, Dr Forson holds a PhD in Finance from the kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology and Master of Science degrees in Taxation and
Economics from the University of Oxford and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology, respectively.
He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from London South Bank University.
Prior to this appointment, he was the Majority Leader for the National Democratic Congress Caucus in Parliament.
He is a Christian, married and has two children.
His professional expertise covers macroeconomics, fiscal policy, tax policy and administration, finance and business management.
Dr. Forson is an Oxford-trained tax professional with a Master of Science degree in taxation from the University of Oxford, UK and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of TaxaAon, Ghana.
He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from London South Bank University and is a member of the Insitute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG).
He obtained a Ph.D in Finance and a Master of Science degree in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
Dr. Forson has represented the people of Ajumako Enyan Essiam constituency in the Central Region as their Member of Parliament since 2009.
In January 2023, Dr. Forson assumed office as the Minority Leader in Parliament. Prior to this, he was the Ranking Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament for six years. From 2009 to 2013, he was a member of the Finance Committee of Parliament and also served as the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011.
Dr. Forson served as the Deputy Minister for Finance of the Republic of Ghana from April 2013 to January 2017, overseeing Budget PreparaAon and ImplementaAon, Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Treasury and Debt Management, External Resource MobilisaAon and Tax Policy and AdministraAon.
As a Deputy Minister for Finance, Dr. Forson also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Ghana and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), a member of Ghana’s Economic Management Team and Ghana’s Alternate Governor to the international Monetary Fund (IMF).
Dr. Forson was instrumental in negoAaAng the Ghana-IMF Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Programme in 2015. He also championed the introduction of Ghana’s model Public Financial Management Act 2016 (Act 921).
Dr. Forson is currently the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in the Parliament of Ghana.
Source: MyNewsGh.com
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