2024 Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement

George is the Lead Tax & Regulatory Partner at Deloitte Ghana with over 20 years’ experience in serving clients by providing them with the entire spectrum of tax services. George’s professional career started with the Ghana Revenue Authority where he worked for over eight years and rose to the level of Principal Inspector of Taxes. He has proudly worked with two of the big four firms in Ghana and has a great worth of industry experience having worked with Newmont Mining as a Senior Manager in charge of tax services for Newmont Ghana Gold Limited and Newmont Golden Ridge Resources Limited. He has grown the performance of the Deloitte Ghana tax function over 400% over the past 5 years. George is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), and a Chartered Tax practitioner with the Chartered Institute of Taxation Ghana (CITG). He holds a Masters degree in Finance from the University of Leicester, U.K.

Gideon Ayi-Owoo is a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years “Big 4” accounting firm experience, working with clients across all business spectrums providing tax advisory services. Over the years, he has had a stint in the United Kingdom and has led several tax engagements for privately held businesses and large, publicly held corporations in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia. Gideon has sound knowledge of Ghana’s complex tax landscape and is responsible for accelerating the development of Deloitte’s tax services to clients in the Energy, Resource & Industrials (ER&I) Industry. His particular focus lies on Tax Management Consulting, Transfer Pricing and Business Tax. Gideon is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a member of Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana and holds an LLB from the University of London. He also earned a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Ghana Business School.

Yaw Appiah Lartey is a Partner and Africa Leader for Infrastructure & Capital Projects (I&CP) and Economic Advisory in Deloitte Africa. He has over 15 years “Big 4” accounting firm (Deloitte, PwC and EY) experience working on high-profile financial advisory transactions in corporate finance, market study, feasibility studies, economic advisory, financial modelling, business valuation, project appraisal and implementation. Yaw also has extensive experience in transaction advisory for several sectors including transportation, energy, mining, manufacturing, telecommunication, and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). He has been involved in Public Private Partnership (PPP), Private Sector Participation (PSP) project financing, structuring and contract negotiation for infrastructure projects valued at over $10 billion across Africa including Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Kenya, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa. Yaw is a regular panellist on local and international business and economic discussions. He has published over 15 articles on the Ghanaian economy and has been quoted by local and international media. Yaw is a Chartered Accountant and a Lawyer by profession. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA, UK) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (FCA, Ghana).  Yaw holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) from the Ghana School of Law. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Ghana and a masters degree in finance from University of Cambridge UK.