Dr Ernest Addison is the governor of the Bank of Ghana. Let’s take a look at his profile; age, wife, children, education, career, and net worth
FULL NAME
Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison
AGE
He was born in 1863. He will be 60 years this year.
WIFE
N/A
CHILDREN
N/A
EDUCATION
Addison attended Mfantsipim School. After Mfanstipim he went to the University of Ghana for his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from 1982 to 1986.
Profile Of Dr Ernest Addison; Age, Wife Children, Education, Career, Net Worth
He proceeded to Cambridge University for his Master of Economics from 1987 to 1989. In 1993, he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in economics from McGill University. His Ph.D. dissertation, done under the direction of John Kurien, studied the Macroeconomic implications of sectoral policy incentives under structural adjustment: a general equilibrium analysis of sectoral terms of trade changes in the Ghanian [sic] economy
CAREER
He began working with the Bank of Ghana in 1994 as an Economist. Rising through the ranks, he became the Deputy Chief and Head of the Economic Analysis and Policy Division of the Research Department.
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He was a member of the Open Market Operations Committee, the Financial Policies Committee, and the Financial Programme Implementation Committee.
From 2000 to 2003, he was the chief Economist with the West African Monetary Institute and chaired an Economic Community of West African States Task Force set up by the Authority of Heads of State of ECOWAS. This was to perform feasibility studies culminating in the setting up of the West African Monetary Institute.
Profile Of Dr Ernest Addison; Age, Wife Children, Education, Career, Net Worth
He also worked with the former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who was then the governor. In 2012, Addison was a lead economist at the African Development Bank’s Southern African Resource Centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
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President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, 2017 forwarded Addison’s name to the Council of State for consideration and approval as the governor of the Bank of Ghana. This was to take the position of Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku after she resigned as the governor. He was then approved as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana on 1st April 2017.
NET WORTH
He is estimated to worth over $5m