Stella Williams

Mrs. Stella Williams is currently the Coordinating Director for Operations at the Ministry of Finance.  She graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in planning, and also obtained a Master’s Degree in Local and Regional Development from the Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, the Netherlands in 1998.

She started her career at the Ministry of Finance in 1989 and has extensive experience in Economic Policy Management.  She has held positions in various capacities at the Ministry and was a key player in the development of Ghana’s first Public Investment Programme, the development of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Reforms in Public Financial Management. Mrs Williams played an active role in promoting the Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Ghana. She was also at one-point Coordinator for the Government’s Financial Sector Reform Programme and was seconded to the African Development Bank for three years ( 2013-2016 ) as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director representing, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan.

Before taking up her current position she was the Director for Policy Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation where she established an effective Monitoring and Evaluation function in the Ministry. 

Mrs. Williams has also served on a number of other Committees and Boards in the past including the Public Procurement Authority Board  and is currently a board member of   Property Data Bank Ltd   and Chairman of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee at the Ministry of Finance