Abena Osei-Asare

Abena Osei-Asare, a chartered accountant, was a Deputy Minister of Finance from 2017 to January 2025 under President Akufo-Addo. She is the NPP MP for Atiwa East.

Education

She was born on 16 January 1979 and went to Achimota Primary School and Wesley Girls' High School. She read economics and geography at the University of Ghana (2003) and earned an MSc in development finance at the University of Ghana Business School. She became an ACCA member in 2009 and a fellow in 2014, and is also a member of ICAG.

Career

After national service on President Kufuor's textiles and garments initiative, she was assistant director for facilities and finance at New York University's Accra campus from 2004 to 2007, then worked at Barclays Bank Ghana, now Absa, as a retail customer team leader and, from 2009 to 2012, as a treasury dealer. She joined the NPP in 2000.