Director of Public Investment Division to speak at Africa PPP Investment & Development Summit 2014

ACCRA, Ghana - June 24, 2014 - PRLog -- In this summit, Neoedge will be gathering senior officials from public sectors across the globe and public private partnership (PPP) experts from the global arena. Neoedge hope is that capacity will be built as international best practices are demonstrated in various case studies. At the same time Neoedge believe that this summit will be an excellent platform for both public and private sector to explore potential collaborations in meeting Africa needs via Public Private Partnerships.

Magdalene Apenteng is currently Chief Economics Officer and Director of the Public Investment Division, of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. As Director for the Public Investment division, she is responsible for ensuring the provision of strategic guidance to national investment and project development to provide efficiency in public investment decisions.

Magdalene holds a Master’s degree in Financial Management from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a Master’s degree in Economic Policy Management from the University of Ghana, Department of Economics. She obtained her first degree in Economics with French from the University of Science & Technology, Department of Social Sciences, Kumasi, Ghana and holds a language diploma - Diplomé d’études Françaises from the University of Benin, Lome, Togo.

Professionally she has specialised in aid and debt management techniques that enhance aid effectiveness. Magdalene has extensive experience and has consulted for several organisations and countries in effective aid and debt management training and techniques including the Commonwealth Secretariat - UK, West African Institute for Economic and Financial Management (WAIFEM), Debt Relief International-UK, World bank, Crown Agents –UK and Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute in East and Southern Africa (MEFMI). She has also provided support and advisory services to countries including Cameroun, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Suriname, Guyana, Zambia, Uganda, the Gambia and Sierra Leone.

She served on the board of National Investment bank from July 1998 to August 2001 and was involved in the financial restructuring of City Express Company Ltd. and the Omnibus Services Limited from 1995 to 1999. Currently she also serves on the Board of Directors of SIC Life Limited.

For more information, please send your contact details to rueburn@neo-edge.com with subject title "APIDS 2014".

Event website: http://neo-edge.com/event-line-up/strategic-managment/africa-public-private-partnership-apids-conference-2014/