Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor

Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor is an Agricultural Economist and a Chartered Financial Economist, a Politician, a Policy Analyst, and a Lecturer. He holds a PhD degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana, a Chartered Financial Economist, a member and a Fellow Chartered Economist of the Association of Certified and Chartered Economists (ACCE). He also holds an
honorary Doctorate in Executive Leadership from New England University – USA, as well as a Diploma in Youth Development from the International Training College of the International Labour Organization, Turin – Italy, a Master of Arts degree in Economic Policy Management and Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture (Animal Science) all from University of Ghana – Legon. He has over 20 years of professional experience spanning both public and private sectors. Currently, he serves as the Director of Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness at the Office of the President, where he is leading the implementation of H.E. John Dramani Mahama’s vision for agriculture and agribusiness sector. Additionally, Dr. Otokunor is a lecturer at the Department
of Economics and Actuarial Science, University of Professional Studies, Accra. He previously held positions as Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Secretary General of the African Leftist Party Schools Union (ALPSU). He also currently holds the role of Director of Corporate Affairs for the NDC and is a member of the party’s Elections Directorate.
In public service, he distinguished himself as the Head of Research at the Communications Directorate at the Office of the President under HE Late President Prof. John Evans Atta Mills and subsequently served as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana. He was a Deputy Campaign Manager, for the 2020 NDC-John Mahama Campaign and led the Operations Sub-Committee of the 2012 NDC- John Mahama Campaign. He was the Secretary to the NDC 2016 Manifesto Committee and a member of the 2020 and 2024 Manifesto Committees of the NDC. He had previously served as the Deputy Director of Research of the NDC and the founding Registrar of the NDC Party School (Ghana Institute of Social Democracy
– GISD).