{"id":396215,"date":"2018-01-29T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T12:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=396215"},"modified":"2018-01-29T20:45:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:45:54","slug":"h-kwasi-prempeh-replaces-gyimah-boadi-as-cdd-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/h-kwasi-prempeh-replaces-gyimah-boadi-as-cdd-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"H. Kwasi Prempeh replaces Gyimah Boadi as CDD Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
Legal Practitioner, Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has been appointed as the new Executive Director for the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana).<\/p>\n
He was appointed by CDD-Ghana\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n
Prof. Prempeh\u2019s appointment, which takes effect from February 1, 2018, follows the retirement of the Centre\u2019s founding Executive Director, Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”OOLKPzmKYAR1NKovYRf2gzZIq8JoqV2W”]<\/strong>A legal scholar and governance expert, Professor Prempeh brings to his new role a wealth of experience and knowledge gained from a rich and diverse career as a civil society activist, an academic, a lawyer, a corporate manager, a consultant and a policy adviser.<\/p>\n About Prof. Prempeh<\/strong><\/p>\n He has been a member of the CDD-Ghana board since the Centre was founded, and served as its first director of legal policy and governance, and co-editor of its quarterly Democracy Watch from 2001 to 2003.<\/p>\n Professor Prempeh was a member of the faculty of Seton Hall University School of Law (New Jersey, USA) from 2003 to 2015, securing a tenure as a full professor in 2008.<\/p>\n He was also a visiting professor at GIMPA Law School from 2010 to 2011, and has co-taught the \u201cConstitution-Building in Africa\u201d course at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, since 2014.<\/p>\n