Eva Esselba Mends appointed Chief Director of Finance Ministry
The co-ordinating director at the Ministry of Finance, Eva Esselba Mends, has been appointed as the new chief director of the ministry.
Ms Mends takes over from Patrick Nomo, who assumed the position of chief director in October 2016. Her appointment, which is authorised by the head of the civil service, takes effect from Tuesday 11 April 2023.
Ms Eva Esselba Mends joined the Ministry of Finance as a national service person in 1991. She has risen through the ranks from her initial position as an assistant economic officer to her new position as chief director.
In the course of her 28 years of service, she has held several portfolios, including head of the Americas Desk, head of budget development and the group head of public financial management (PFM) reforms.
Profile
Ms Eva Esselba Mends is an alumna of the University of Ghana, Legon, where she studied political science with economics.
She holds an executive Master’s degree in public administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and has taken many courses over the years at a range of higher education institutions including Harvard and Duke Universities in the United States.
She was also a member of the technical team that developed and managed Ghana’s Multi-Donor Budget Support programme.
As head of budget development, Ms Mends facilitated the establishment of the Fiscal Decentralisation and Budget Reforms Unit of the ministry.
She has also led the implementation of major reforms to the ministry’s work that include gender-responsive budgeting, programme-based budgeting and, lately, development of the new Public Financial Management Act.
