Abena Amoah, the trailblazing Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), has been appointed to the newly formed Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy (PAGE), a high-level panel tasked with providing independent, non-partisan expertise to guide the nation’s economic recovery and growth.
The Presidency announced the appointment on January 15, 2026. The 12-member group, chaired by President John Dramani Mahama and including Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, brings together distinguished economists, former finance ministers, central bank governors, private sector leaders, and academics. Other notable members include Kwame Pianim, Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Ishmael Yamson, Togbe Afede XIV, Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah, and Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour.
The advisory group aims to offer strategic counsel on key priorities such as macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, fiscal-monetary policy coordination, industrial development, competitiveness, and export-led growth. It will support the implementation of initiatives like the 24-Hour Economy and the Accelerated Export Development Programme, while conducting periodic assessments of economic performance and recommending corrective measures.
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Amoah’s inclusion underscores her stature as one of Ghana’s leading financial experts. She made history in November 2022 as the first woman to lead the GSE in its 32-year history, bringing more than 25 years of experience in investment banking, financial advisory, and market innovation.
Under her leadership, the GSE has undergone significant transformation, including modernizing digital trading infrastructure, launching new market segments, deepening local investor participation, and achieving a remarkable 149% surge in fixed income trading volumes in recent periods. These efforts have positioned the exchange as a key driver of economic growth and earned global recognition, including Amoah’s selection as one of the World Federation of Exchanges’ top 20 Women Leaders in 2023.
Before joining the GSE as Deputy Managing Director in August 2020—where she oversaw trading, surveillance, listings, new products, the Ghana Fixed Income Market, and IT systems—Amoah founded and led Baobab Advisors, raising over US$100 million in growth capital and facilitating landmark listings on the GSE and London’s Alternative Investment Market. She also transformed firms such as NewWorld Renaissance Securities into the second-largest trader on the GSE (with over 25% market share) and built Renaissance Capital’s West African investment banking footprint across mergers, acquisitions, equity, and bond issuances.
Amoah’s influence extends to numerous boardrooms, with non-executive roles at institutions including Access Bank (Ghana) (Chair of Credit & Finance and Cyber Security Committees), Coronation Insurance Ghana, the University of Ghana (Chair of Investment Committee), and the African Women’s Development Fund. She serves on the ICMA Board—the first West African to do so—co-chairs the ICMA Pan-African Committee, and sits on the Executive Committee of the African Securities Exchanges Association
