Daniel Yaw Domelevo Explained

Office:Auditor-General of Ghana
Term Start:December 2016
Term End:March 2021
Predecessor:Richard Quartei Quartey
Successor:Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu
Nationality:Ghanaian
Alma Mater:University of Ghana Business School
Occupation:Chartered accountant
Appointer:John Dramani Mahama

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. He trained as a chartered accountant and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) since 1993.

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] From January 2010 to December 2016, he was the Public Financial Management Expert of the World Bank and served as the Senior Financial Management Specialist responsible for Public Financial Management projects in Zimbabwe and Malawi. He also served as the Chief Accountant for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation (now TV3).

Auditor-General of Ghana

In 2016, he was appointed by President John Mahama to serve as Auditor-General of Ghana.[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]

Other awards received by Domelevo include;

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-07-31. Republic of Ghana Appoints New Auditor General • INTOSAI Journal. 2021-03-04. INTOSAI Journal. en-US.
  2. Web site: Prez Mahama swears in new Auditor-General. 2021-03-04. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  3. Web site: Ghana News Agency. 2016-12-30. President Mahama swears-in Auditor General. 2021-03-04. Ghana Business News. en-US.
  4. Web site: 2019-12-09. Domelevo wins 2019 Integrity Personality Award. 2021-03-04. The Ghana Report. en.
  5. Web site: Domelevo wins 'Integrity personality of the year' award. 2021-03-04. The Ghana Guardian News. en.
  6. Web site: BRIEF PROFILES OF SHORTLISTED NOMINEES Ghana Integrity Awards. 2021-03-04. ghanaintegrityawards.org.
  7. Web site: Internal Audit Holds Public Lecture University of Ghana. 2021-03-04. www.ug.edu.gh.
  8. Web site: Online. Peace FM. Auditor General to conduct audit in construction and procurement sectors. 2021-03-04. Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news.
  9. Web site: FlockEventsPage. 2021-03-04. accaafrica.flockplatform.com.
  10. Web site: 2018-09-21. Daniel Domelovo's full speech at Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu Memorial Lecture. 2021-03-04. Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. en-US.
  11. Web site: Senyo. Efo Kosi. 2021-06-12. Domelevo earns Accountability Lecture Series; maiden edition slated for July 1. live. 2022-01-03. Awake News. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929114441/https://awakenewsroom.com/domelevo-earns-accountability-lecture-series-maiden-edition-slated-for-july-1/ . 29 September 2021 .
  12. Web site: 2022-07-08 . Domelevo appointed to Audit Committee of Global Fund - MyJoyOnline.com . 2022-07-08 . www.myjoyonline.com . en-US.
  13. Web site: Appointment of the Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Members of the Standing Committees of the Board . 2022-07-08 . www.theglobalfund.org . en.
  14. Web site: Domelevo demonstrated sincerity and commitment - Catholic Bishop at thanksgiving service. 2021-05-16. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  15. Web site: Catholic bishops pray for Auditor-General for 'his good work'. 2021-05-16. The Ghana Guardian News. en.
  16. Web site: Domelevo wins "Integrity personality of the year" award - MyJoyOnline.com. 2021-03-04. www.myjoyonline.com. en-US.
  17. Web site: Centre for Social Justice and IMANI honour former Auditor General, Domelevo - MyJoyOnline.com. 2022-01-03. www.myjoyonline.com. en-US.
  18. Web site: Service. Audit. Auditor-General Awarded Ghana Public Service Leadership Award 2019 Ghana Audit Service. 2022-01-03. en-GB.