Dr. Kwabena Duffuour is the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of the Republic of Ghana and retired Governor of the Bank of Ghana. He served as the Chairman of Star Assurance Company and Unibank Ghana Limited among others. An economist by profession, he is a native of Kumawu in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended Prempeh College and obtained Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics at the University of Ghana, He holds a PhD from the University of Syracuse, New York, 1979. He also possesses two Masters’ degree – MBA in Finance and Banking and an MA in Economics. His working experience spans 33 years. He worked first with the Volta River Authority (VRA) immediately after completing his first degree in Economics. Thereafter he worked with the Ghana Commercial Bank and held various positions within the Bank between 1970 and 1979 and between 1980 and 1990 culminating in his appointment as the General Manager of the London Branch of the Bank in 1991. He also served for a year at the IMF Africa Department as an Economist from June 1979. In July 1995 he was appointed the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and then the Substantive Governor in July 1997 until 2001. Dr. Duffuor has served and continues to serve in various capacities as Director or Chairman in Eminent institutions such as Star Assurance Company, State Gold Mining Corporation, Unibank Ghana Limited, Shell Ghana Limited, Accra Brewery Limited, Ecobank (Abidjan, Cote d’lvoire). Ashanti Goldfields Company and Ghana International Bank PLC, London. He is also a prominent member of various professional bodies including the Advisory Board of the Institute of Social Statistical and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon; Economics Society of Ghana. Association of Rural Banks, Ghana; Member of the Board of Governors of the Tweneboa Kodua Secondary School, Kumawu; and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana etc.