Prof Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta

Prof Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta
Board Member, Enterprise Group

Prof. Angela Ofori-Atta is a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Ghana Medical School. She has been teaching and practicing clinical psychology at the University of Ghana Medical Center since 1992, after receiving her doctorate from the University of British Columbia where she was a commonwealth scholar for six years.

During her tenure at the University of Ghana, Angela was part of a team that established mental health services in the Upper West Region, the most deprived area of Ghana, from 1994 to 1998. She also founded and led two volunteer organizations: Youthwatch for AIDS, which educated 10,000 students on HIV/AIDS from an empowerment and psychological perspective, and a volunteer project that refurbished the children’s ward at Accra Psychiatric Hospital and brought young volunteers from Holland and Ghana to stimulate patients on the ward.

Angela also served on the boards of various non-governmental and civil society organizations focused on democracy and good governance, including the Centre for Democracy and Development, the Busia Foundation, and the Ghana Integrity Initiative.

After seven years of teaching, Angela entered into politics as a Deputy Minister for Manpower Development and Employment, expanding the government’s Skills Training and Employment Placement (STEP) project from 2,000 to 30,000 participants. She is recognized for making employment a cross-cutting issue in Ghana’s development strategy through the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Prof. Angela Ofori-Atta is ranked in Avance Media’s Inaugural list of Top 100 Ghana’s Women Board Directors collated in partnership with Acreaty Ghana.