Speaker

Yaw Appiah Lartey is the Financial Advisory Partner in Ghana and the Deloitte Africa Head of Infrastructure, Capital Projects and Economic Advisory. He has over 15 years “Big 4” accounting firm (Deloitte, PwC and Ernst & Young) experience working on corporate finance, M&A transactions, financial restructuring, due diligence review, financial modelling, investment appraisal, deal structuring and negotiation support.

Yaw has worked on high profile engagements for governments, Private Equity (PE) firms and international financial institutions in a wide range of sectors including fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), energy, financial services, telecommunication, and broad infrastructure.

Yaw has also been involved in Public Private Partnership (PPP), project financing, structuring and contract negotiations for infrastructure projects valued at over $10 billion across Africa including Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa.
Yaw is a regular panellist on local and international business and economic discussions. He has published over 15 articles on the Ghanaian economy and has been quoted by local and international media.

Yaw is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), Ghana and a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), UK. Yaw is also a Lawyer and a Member of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA). He holds a Masters’ degree in Finance from the University of Cambridge, UK.