Dr. John Okwesie Arthur

Dr. John Okwesie Arthur

DSc.(Accounting),MBA(Finance),ICA(Ghana),MCIT,MGIM,IAP

Deputy Managing Director, Finance and General Services

Ghana Airport Company Ltd

Dr. John Okwesie Arthur is Chartered Accountant and a member of other Professional bodies. He has over two (2) decades experience in the field of Accountancy and teaching Accounting, auditing and other related subjects. He worked with the  Internal Revenue Service as a Chief Inspector of Taxes(Tax Audit), Egala, Atitso & Associates (Moores Rowland) as an Audit Senior, Accounting Associates(Chartered Accountants) as a Director. He also worked with Scanstyle Mim Limited as the Operations Manager, Furnat Ghana Limited as the Financial Accountant.

John is a holder of MBA (Finance) Degree from the University of Hull (U.K.). He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana (MCITG), and Member of the Ghana Institute of Management. A member of Association of Airport Internal Auditors of USA and the Institute of Internal Auditor both in Ghana and USA. Holder of Doctorate of Science degree in Accounting from the Atlantic International University in USA. A Holder of International Airport Professional (IAP) of the Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP).

John again worked as the Audit Manager of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and after the decoupling of GCAA, became the first Director of Finance and then the first Director of Commercial Services of the Ghana Airports Company Limited. He again became the Director of Finance of the Ghana Airports Company Limited until 2016, when he was elevated to the position of Deputy Managing Director (Finance and General Services) of Ghana Airports Company limited

He is a Partner of JONAD Associates (Chartered Accountants and Management Consultants). Written and published several articles in Professional Accountants journal of the ICA (Ghana). He was also an examiner in Accounting and Auditing of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana). Published the following books;

• HANDBOOK for Accounting Students
• HANDBOOK for Auditing Students

He is married to Mrs Patience Okwesie Arthur and with three children, Jessica, Caleb and Phebe.