Daniel Yaw Domelevo
Auditor-General of Ghana
In office
December 2016 – March 2021
Appointed byJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byRichard Quartei Quartey
Succeeded byJohnson Akuamoah Asiedu
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Alma materUniversity of Ghana Business School
OccupationChartered accountant

Daniel Yaw Domelevo is a Ghanaian accountant who currently serves as a Board member of the Global Fund. He is a former Auditor-General of Ghana.[1] He was appointed by John Dramani Mahama in 2016 to replace Richard Quartei Quartey who had retired from Public service.[2][3] He won the 2019 Integrity Personality Award at the 2019 Ghana Integrity Initiative awards.[4][5]

Education

Domelevo holds an Executive master's degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Ghana Business School.[1] He trained as a chartered accountant and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) since 1993.[1]

Career

Early career

Domelevo is a trained accountant by profession and served in senior staff roles at the Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (Ghana) for 18 years.[6] He is a Public Financial Management Expert, he worked at the World Bank as a Senior Financial Management Specialist responsible for Public Financial Management projects in Zimbabwe and Malawi.[2] He also served as the Chief Accountant for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation (now TV3).[1][6]

Auditor-General of Ghana

In 2016, he was appointed by President John Mahama to serve as Auditor-General of Ghana.[2][3] In his role as Auditor-General of the country, he also served as keynote speaker for public lectures on auditing, corruption and issues relating to management of finances [7][8][9] On 20 September 2018, he was the keynote speaker at the 3rd Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu Memorial Lecture. He spoke on the theme “Protecting The Public Purse- Keeping the gate shut before the horse bolts” in memory of the late Finance Minister.[10]

Domelevo Accountability lectures

In 2021, The Centre for Social Democracy and Friedrech Elbert Stiftung Foundation in recognition of his role as the Auditor-General of Ghana in ensuring transparency and accountability for public resources launched an annual lecture named Domelevo Accountability Lectures. The inaugural lecture was held on 1 July 2021 at the Teachers Hall in Accra.[11]

Global Fund Appointment

On 4th May 2022, he was approved and appointed as a board member of the Global Fund representing West and Central Africa.[12][13] Together with eleven(11) others, he is serving on the Audit and Finance Committee and will be voting on issues brought before the board.

Personal life

Domelevo is a Christian who is a devout Roman Catholic.[14][15]

Honours and awards

On 9 December 2019, Domelevo won the Integrity Personality Award at the maiden Integrity awards ceremony organised by Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), contending against Manasseh Azure Awuni, a freelance investigative journalist; Edward Sowah Adjetey, an engineer at the State Housing Company Limited Ato Ulzen-Appiah, the Director of the Ghana Think Foundation, a civil society organisation, and David Boateng Asante, the managing director of the Ghana Publishing Company.[16][5]

Other awards received by Domelevo include;

  • (i) Distinguished Public Service Leadership Award 2020: by Centre for Social Justice Ghana and IMANI Ghana[17]
  • (ii)Heroes Honor (Paragon of virtue Honors): by Pan African Heroes Foundation
  • (iii) Ghanaian Leader of the year 2019: by Ghana leadership Awards; [18]
  • (iii) 2019 Prestige Award Winner for Transformational Leadership in Public Service: by National Union of Ghana Students(NUGS).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Republic of Ghana Appoints New Auditor General • INTOSAI Journal". INTOSAI Journal. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Prez Mahama swears in new Auditor-General". Graphic Online. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 Ghana News Agency (30 December 2016). "President Mahama swears-in Auditor General". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Domelevo wins 2019 Integrity Personality Award". The Ghana Report. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Domelevo wins 'Integrity personality of the year' award". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 "BRIEF PROFILES OF SHORTLISTED NOMINEES | Ghana Integrity Awards". ghanaintegrityawards.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Internal Audit Holds Public Lecture | University of Ghana". www.ug.edu.gh. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Auditor General to conduct audit in construction and procurement sectors". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "FlockEventsPage". accaafrica.flockplatform.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Domelovo's full speech at Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu Memorial Lecture". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Senyo, Efo Kosi (12 June 2021). "Domelevo earns Accountability Lecture Series; maiden edition slated for July 1". Awake News. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Domelevo appointed to Audit Committee of Global Fund - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Appointment of the Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Members of the Standing Committees of the Board". www.theglobalfund.org. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Domelevo demonstrated sincerity and commitment - Catholic Bishop at thanksgiving service". Graphic Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Catholic bishops pray for Auditor-General for 'his good work'". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Domelevo wins "Integrity personality of the year" award - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Centre for Social Justice and IMANI honour former Auditor General, Domelevo - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Service, Audit. "Auditor-General Awarded Ghana Public Service Leadership Award 2019 | Ghana Audit Service". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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