ActionAid Ghana appoints John Nkaw as Country Director

Non-profit organisation, ActionAid Ghana, has announced Mr. John Nkaw as its new Country Director.

The appointment which took effect on 1st May, 2022 would see Mr. Nkaw succeed Sumaila Abdul-Rahman who resigned from office in August, 2021.

Until his appointment as Country Director, Mr Nkaw served as Head of Programmes, Campaigns and Innovation and Interim Country Director.

A statement signed by Nana Yaw Okyere-Aduachie, Board Chair, ActionAid Ghana, indicated that Mr. Nkaw was selected through a rigorous and highly competitive process.

“We expect him to deliver and have no doubt that he will with the support of staff, partners and all other stakeholders,” he said.

It added that  the new Country Director would “lead ActionAid Ghana by coordinating the work and strengthening its partnerships to ensure greater positive impact of programme interventions on the lives and livelihoods of people living in poverty.”

Mr. Nkaw joined ActionAid Ghana in March 2019 as the Head of Programmes and served as Interim Country Director from September 2021 to April 2022.

As Interim Country Director, he was responsible for overseeing the overall management of the organisation from the operational and strategic perspectives.

He coordinated Programme Planning, Implementation, Review/Monitoring and Evaluation exercises and ensured that programme interventions were relevant to the aspirations of the poor for maximum positive impact on their lives and livelihoods.

Prior to joining ActionAid Ghana, he had worked with Oxfam Ghana, SEND Foundation of West Africa (Now SEND Ghana), USAID Partnership for Education: Evaluating Systems, and the Ghana Aid Effectiveness Forum (AEF).

Mr. Nkaw holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with Political Science, Master of Arts in Development Studies from the University of Ghana, and Master of Public Administration in Public Policy from University of Texas at Austin.

By Spectator Reporter