Ken Ofori-Atta

Ken Ofori-Atta
Ken Ofori-Atta
	Ken Ofori-Atta 2025
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
	In office; 27 January 2017 – 14 February 2024
President	Nana Akufo-Addo
Deputy	Kwaku Agyeman Kwarteng; Abena Osei Asare; Charles Adu Boahen
Preceded by	Seth Terkper
Succeeded by	Mohammed Amin Adam
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Nana Yaw Kuntunkununku Ofori-Atta; 7 November 1959; Kibi, Eastern Region, Ghana
Spouse	Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta
Children	4
Parent	Jones Ofori Atta
Relatives	Nana Akufo-Addo (cousin)
Education	Columbia University (BA); Yale University (MBA)
Occupation	Economist; Investment banker; Politician;

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Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta (born 7 November 1959), is a Ghanaian investment banker who served as the minister for finance and economic planning in the cabinet of Nana Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2024. He is co-founder of Databank Group, a Ghanaian financial services company, and was executive chairman until 2012 when he resigned. He was nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo, his paternal cousin, on 10 January 2017 and assumed office on 27 January 2017 as finance minister. On February 14, 2024, he was relieved of his position as the finance minister of Ghana by Nana Akufo-Addo. In early February 2025, Ken Ofori-Atta was added to the special prosecutor’s wanted list over financial misconduct charges. But on February 18, 2025, his name was removed after he pledged to return voluntarily. An Interpol red notice was subsequently placed on him by the special prosecutor in June 2025 days before his surgery. He was said to be undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Interpol, after reviewing the file, suspended the red notice due to concerns regarding the special prosecutor’s compliance of its rules and regulations.