Dr. Felix Addo

                             Dr. Felix Addo

Felix E. Addo is the immediate past Country Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana and a former member of the PwC Africa Governance Board. With over 40 years of practice and consulting experience, he possesses deep expertise in corporate finance and recovery, financial, operational and forensic auditing, arbitration and mediation, Capital Projects and Infrastructure (CP&I), organisational r estructuring, and performance improvement engagements across both developed and developing economies. Since retiring from PwC in 2015, Felix has built a distinguished portfolio of board and institutional leadership roles. He currently serves as Chairman of Guinness Ghana Breweries and KEK Insurance Brokers, and as a Director of MTN Ghana/Scancom Plc and Payswitch Company. He is the Founder and President of the Chartered Institute of Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Ghana (CIRIP), formerly the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA). Additionally, he is a Member of the University of Ghana Alumni Council and a Trustee of Achimota Golf Club. His previous board appointments include Standard Chartered Bank Plc, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (where he served as Chairman), and the American Chamber of Commerce Ghana (as Vice President). Beyond board service, Felix has made significant contributions to legal and policy reform. He was a member of the Professor Justice Date-Bah Business Law Reform Committee of Experts, which reviewed the Ghana Companies Act and the Bodies Corporate (Official Liquidation) Act, leading to the passage of three landmark business laws: the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992), the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015), and the Chartered Institute of Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Ghana Act, 2024 (Act 1117). His other post-retirement advisory roles include acting as a Mediator between the Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana, the Bank of Ghana, an aggrieved bank, and a fund management company; chairing the Infrastructures Committee of the National Economic Dialogue; serving as Bank of Ghana Advisor to the National I nvestment Bank; and acting as Administrator/Liquidator of United Steel Company. Felix is an avid host and participant in thought leadership activities across Ghana and Africa, Felix also serves as a member of the United Nations Commission on Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group V (Insolvency Law). He co-authored the publication Companies, Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring: The Law and Practice (LexisNexis). In recognition of his contributions, Felix was honoured with a D.Sc (h.c) by the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa. He holds a BSc Hons. (Administration) from the University of Ghana and an MA (Professional Accounting) from Loyola College, Maryland, USA. His professional certifications and memberships include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institutes of Chartered Accountants (Ghana and Sierra Leone), the International Insolvency Institute (III), and INSOL International. He is also a Founding Member of the INSOL International Africa Roundtable (ART).