Douglas Boateng Chairs GHIFIC

The Ghlobal Diaspora Council (GDC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Douglas K. Boateng as the Chair of the Ghlobal Homeland Fund Implementation Committee (GHFIC), the technical and governance body responsible for establishing the Ghlobal Homeland Fund (GH Fund) — a corporatised, private-sector–driven investment vehicle with a strong, socially responsible, developmental mandate.

The GH Fund is a bold initiative designed to mobilise global Ghanaian talent, capital, and expertise towards long-term national and continental development. Driven by private-sector discipline and governed by world-class principles, the Fund aims to support strategic initiatives in infrastructure, housing, agriculture, health, digital transformation, industrialisation, and technology, among others.

Investments and infrastructure support will be medium to long term, ensuring sustainable national impact.

A Transformational Appointment with National and Continental Implications

Professor Boateng is a globally renowned governance strategist, generational thinker, and one of Africa’s most respected industrialisation advocates. He is a Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council UK), a Chartered Director (Institute of Directors UK), and Africa’s first appointed Professor Extraordinaire in Supply Chain Management. He has chaired several organisations, both locally and internationally, many of which have grown into sector-leading institutions under his oversight.

His influence extends far beyond boardrooms. Across several decades of sectoral industrialisation and executive leadership, he has served as a strategic advisor, coach, and mentor to senior executives, CEOs, and chairpersons overseeing enterprises with revenues of up to USD 40 billion across multiple continents.

He is also the originator of the globally followed NyansaKasa Words of Wisdom; and the creator of the first-of-its-kind-in-the-world, nationally approved Practical Perspectives Series on Boardroom Governance, Negotiations, the UN SDGs, and Strategic Sourcing. He is the Convenor of the transformational Boardroom Governance Summit, a platform dedicated to elevating governance standards across Africa.

A staunch modern-day Pan-Africanist, his work aligns deeply with AfCFTA, the African Union’s Agenda 2063, sustainable industrialisation, and long-term continental development.

 

Mandate of the GHFIC Under Professor Boateng’s Leadership

As Chair, Professor Boateng will exercise high-level strategic supervision and governance oversight to ensure that the GH Fund is established on a foundation of institutional integrity, global compliance, and generational value creation. In this supervisory role, he will guide the design of the Fund’s governance, regulatory, and operational architecture; ensure alignment with international transparency and securities requirements; and help shape a long-term contributions and investment framework anchored in sustainability, professionalism, and accountability.

He will provide supervisory oversight to the legal, financial, governance, and technical advisory firms engaged for the Fund’s establishment; oversee the development of secure digital contributions and Diaspora engagement platforms; and strengthen global mobilisation efforts across the Ghanaian Diaspora. He will also support the GDC by advising on the identification and appointment of a substantive CEO and a performance-driven Executive Committee—leaders who embody generational thinking, ethical discipline, and the strategic depth required to guide a national fund of this magnitude.

Through this mandate, Professor Boateng will ensure that all preparatory activities are executed with the highest levels of rigour, performance orientation, and global credibility, thereby laying a durable foundation for the Fund’s formal launch planned for March 2026 and its long-term impact on Ghana’s national development and the prosperity of future generations.

These efforts will ensure that the GH Fund becomes globally credible, professionally structured, and aligned with proven international governance standards.