Tina Asante-Apeatu
Tina Serwaa Asante-Apeatu is an accomplished governance and development expert with over 20 years of leadership experience advancing democratic accountability, institutional strengthening, and public sector reform in Ghana and West Africa.  She currently serves as the Executive Director of Good Governance Africa – West Africa Regional Office (GGA-WARO), where she leads regional research, policy advocacy, strategy development, and stakeholder engagement. Tina has a distinguished record in organisational leadership, programme design, monitoring and evaluation, and governance innovation. She has worked extensively with governments, civil society, development partners, and research institutions to promote transparency, the rule of law, and citizen participation. She previously held senior roles with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), supporting governance programming, capacity building, and international convenings. As former National President of the Police Wives’ Association (POLWA), she successfully formalised the organisation and led nationwide women’s empowerment programmes. A multilingual professional (English, French, German, Twi, Ga), Tina brings strong cross-cultural communication, strategic insight, and high-level advisory experience to board engagements. Currently, she sits on the Governing Council of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition
West African boardrooms and the gender gap

West African boardrooms and the gender gap

Women make up almost exactly half the population of the region, but you’d never say so based on how few there are in senior management It is rather surprising that African women, who raise and support future national leaders – and who therefore count among the...

‘World Banks’ provide votes

‘World Banks’ provide votes

Ghana, the first African country to obtain independence from colonial powers, works to build national identity It’s an unspoken rule in Ghana that being born into an ethnic group associated with one of the two leading political parties means that you are destined to...

Tina Asante-Apeatu
Tina Serwaa Asante-Apeatu is an accomplished governance and development expert with over 20 years of leadership experience advancing democratic accountability, institutional strengthening, and public sector reform in Ghana and West Africa.  She currently serves as the Executive Director of Good Governance Africa – West Africa Regional Office (GGA-WARO), where she leads regional research, policy advocacy, strategy development, and stakeholder engagement. Tina has a distinguished record in organisational leadership, programme design, monitoring and evaluation, and governance innovation. She has worked extensively with governments, civil society, development partners, and research institutions to promote transparency, the rule of law, and citizen participation. She previously held senior roles with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), supporting governance programming, capacity building, and international convenings. As former National President of the Police Wives’ Association (POLWA), she successfully formalised the organisation and led nationwide women’s empowerment programmes. A multilingual professional (English, French, German, Twi, Ga), Tina brings strong cross-cultural communication, strategic insight, and high-level advisory experience to board engagements. Currently, she sits on the Governing Council of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition
West African boardrooms and the gender gap

West African boardrooms and the gender gap

Women make up almost exactly half the population of the region, but you’d never say so based on how few there are in senior management It is rather surprising that African women, who raise and support future national leaders – and who therefore count among the...