Charles Adu Boahen

Charles Kofi Adu Boahen was the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance up until November, 2022. Prior to that he was Deputy Finance Minister responsible for Finance under the Nana Akuffo-Addo administration from April 2017 – Jan 2021.

In his role as Deputy Minister, Mr Adu Boahen assisted the Minister for Finance in executing his mandate with a specific focus on Finance and External Resource mobilization. As a Minister of State his oversight responsibilities were expanded to include Budget in additional to the Finance and External Resource Mobilization Portfolios and attending Cabinet meetings on behalf of the Minister

Hon Adu Boahen has over 20 years’ experience in Finance, specifically in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity and Real Estate. Prior to his appointment as a Deputy Minister for Finance, Charles was the CEO of Black Star Advisors (BSA), a boutique investment bank and asset management firm, and Primrose Properties Ghana (PPG), a real estate development company, both of which he founded in 2007.

Prior to that, Hon Adu Boahen was a Director and Regional Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for Standard Bank of South Africa.

Prior to Standard Bank, Hon Adu Boahen was with JP Morgan for over five years as Vice President and Head of Investment Banking for Sub-Saharan Africa where he was responsible for developing the Investment banking business across sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, he was also the JPM Senior Country Representative for Nigeria.

He also worked for the $400mm AIG African Infrastructure Fund as an Investment Officer and on Wall Street for Salomon Smith Barney, now part of Citigroup, in their Investment Banking Division where his responsibilities included various corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions assignments, primarily in the Chemicals and Energy sector.

Charles completed all his secondary education in Ghana. He went to Achimota School in Accra for his O levels and Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast for his A levels.

He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Hon Adu Boahen has sat and chaired many boards including Ghana Cocoa Board, The Bank of Ghana, Vodafone GH, The Gaming Commission, G24 Deputies of the IMF.