Mr. Hayford Attah Krufi

Mr. Hayford Attah Krufi is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Ghana.

He is a Solicitor and a Barrister and holds a Master of Arts (MA) Education from London Metropolitan University; Post Graduate Certificate of Education from the University of London; LLM in International Investment Law from the University of North London; Bachelor of Laws and Barrister-at-Law from the University of Ghana and Ghana Law School respectively.

In Ghana, he worked as a Private Legal Practitioner and worked with the Ghana Armed Forces Legal Services. Mr. Hayford Attah Krufi is an experienced business executive with extensive knowledge and skills in institutional leadership, spanning over 30 years in both the public and private sectors in Ghana and the United Kingdom. He is also an educationist with a brilliant track record of excellent institutional turnaround and improvement.

As an Educationist in the UK, Mr. Hayford Attah Krufi held positions such as Executive Principal, Deputy Principal, and Principal at Colleges, which he headed and turned into outstanding schools by OFSTED standards. As an Executive Director of Integrated Management Systems (IMS) in the UK, he successfully developed business models to help small and medium businesses startups. He also served as a Trustee of the Teacher’s Pensions in the UK.

Hayford Attah Krufi also has extensive skills in project management, staff training and development, and an excellent record in organizational planning and improvement.

Until he was appointed CEO of NPRA, he was the Project Management Consultant at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) at the Ministry of Education Funds and Project Management Unit of Ghana.

As the CEO of NPRA, he has transformed the Authority into a credible autonomous regulatory body for pensions in the country. He has developed a strategic vision for the Authority which has enabled it to fulfil its mandate through the rapid growth of pension funds, transfer of funds to Public Sector Schemes, and expansion into other regions of the country.