Michael Yaw Offei

Michael Yaw Offei is a retired international diplomat and economist whose career has spanned more than four decades across diplomacy, multilateral development and global business. A graduate of Cambridge University (BA Hons, Philosophy, Politics and Economics), he earned an MA in International Relations from the University of Southern California and completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Management at Yale University School of Advanced Management. He began his career in Ghana Foreign Service as a Political Affairs Officer at the Ghana Embassy in Bonn, Germany, followed by assignments with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. He went on to serve for over a decade with the World Bank International Development Association (IDA) in Washington, D.C. He later entered the United States private sector, holding senior positions including Vice President at Equitele Telecommunications and President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Resources in Atlanta, and served on several American boards. Today he is Group Chief Executive of Intercontinental Mining and Contracting Services and Fire Technik Company in Ghana. He has travelled to more than 100 countries and is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee in Washington, D.C.