We are a management consulting firm dedicated to strengthening institutions and enabling sustainable development through evidence-based strategic guidance.
Strategic Foresight For Resilient Institutions
ABOUT EAA CONSULTING
OUR FOUNDER
Elsie Addo Awadzi
Elsie Addo Awadzi is a globally recognised financial sector governance and economic policy management expert with 30 years of professional experience working in various capacities in Africa and internationally.
She is currently the inaugural Visiting Fellow - Women in Public Leadership at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
Until recently, she served as a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana for seven years, making her the second woman to occupy that office in the Bank's 68-year history and the first woman on the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee since its establishment in 2002.
During her term, she led major reforms that strengthened the banking system, including managing a systemic banking crisis and leading the design and roll out of the Bank of Ghana's bank supervisory competency framework and other reforms.
More about Elsie
Before she was appointed Deputy Governor, she worked with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. for six years where she advised several IMF member countries on the design and implementation of effective frameworks for the regulation and supervision of banks, financial crisis management, and fiscal governance (fiscal responsibility, sovereign wealth funds governance, public debt management, and public financial management).
Before joining the IMF in 2012, she held various portfolios in Ghana, including as a Commissioner of Ghana’s Securities & Exchange Commission for six years, where she played a key role in designing policies, rules, surveillance, and enforcement mechanisms for Ghana’s then nascent capital market. She also consulted extensively for local and foreign businesses, private equity/venture capital funds, public sector clients, and development partners. She founded and managed a boutique corporate and investment law firm in 2002 which she sold in 2011. Her earlier career saw her working in corporate law and a brief stint in banking (treasury operations).
She holds post-graduate academic qualifications from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C. (LL.M - International Business & Economic Law - 2012); University of Ghana Business School (M.B.A. Finance - 2000), Ghana School of Law (Qualifying Certificate in Law - 1995), and the University of Ghana Law Faculty (LL.B - 1993).
She holds Executive Certificates in “Women and Power” from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (April 2025), and in Executive Public Leadership from the Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government (July 2022)
She brings extensive experience in financial regulation, economic policy-making, public debt management, board governance, ESG/climate-related risk, training and capacity building, advising on complex financial transactions, and inclusive finance, with a strong focus on women's financial inclusion and leadership in public service.
Our Team of Experts
We maintain a team of experienced international experts from disciplines such as public policy, law and risk management, who help to deliver cutting-edge strategic support for clients.
WHAT GUIDES US
Our Guiding Principles
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We maintain unwavering focus on outcomes that matter, ensuring every engagement delivers measurable impact.
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We bring international experience and cross-cultural understanding to every challenge we address.
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Our analysis goes beyond surface-level observations to uncover the nuances that drive lasting change.
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We hold ourselves to the highest standards of quality, integrity, and professional conduct.
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