Dr. George TETTEY
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Finance and Services
Dr. George Tettey is a Chartered Accountant by profession and an Investment Banker by training with over 33 years’ experience in the energy and financial sectors.
George has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, since 1988 having completed a course of study in 1987. He also completed a course of study at the University of Wales, Bangor in 1999 for a Master’s in Business Administration. He completed a Doctoral study at the SBS Swiss Business School, Zurich, Switzerland pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration.
George began his working life in 1983 as a trainee Accountant / Auditor at KPMG in Ghana. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1987, he joined the Volta River Authority in 1988 where he served in various capacities in the Finance and Accounting departments.
Between 1992 and 2009, George was actively involved in the financial sector of Ghana, Malawi and Rwanda in the money markets, stockbroking, and fund management. He played a pioneering role in the establishment of a discount house in Malawi in 1998 and was the first CEO of the discount house there. Similarly he was the first CEO of the pioneer discount house in Rwanda in 2007.
He has held board positions in several institutions in Ghana, Malawi and Rwanda including Ghana Stock Exchange, CDH Insurance Ltd., Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Prestea Sankofa Gold Ltd., Continental Discount House, Malawi, and CDH Sarl, Rwanda. He was a board member of GNPC when Ghana discovered oil in 2007.
George joined the Bui Power Authority in 2010 during the construction phase of the Bui Hydroelectric project as Financial Controller. From 2014 to January 2017, he was seconded to the then newly established Ministry of Power as Director of the Revenue Monitoring Unit.
In April 2019, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive (Finance & Services) of the Bui Power Authority.