Professor Lord Mensah, a renowned expert in Financial Economics at the University of Ghana Business School, has been appointed as the new Head of Local Government Service. This strategic appointment is expected to bring financial and economic expertise to the governance of local government systems.
Professor Mensah holds a PhD in Applied Economics-Finance from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, an MSc in Financial Mathematics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
He has presented papers at leading finance and economics conferences globally and has consulted for prominent institutions such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Bank of Ghana. His research portfolio is widely cited and indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.
Professor Mensah serves as Executive Director of the African Centre for Development Finance and is a familiar voice in Ghana’s financial discourse across media and corporate platforms.
The appointment is expected to have potential implications for fiscal decentralisation and development financing in Ghana, as Professor Mensah brings his expertise to the governance of local government systems.