Dr. Michael Mah’moud

Lead Expert on the AADFI PSGRS

Dr. Michael Mah’moud is a Financial and Development Management Expert, and consults for various organizations including AADFI, the United Nations, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and other multilateral and bilateral agencies. He is also, currently, a board chair of the Adehyeman Savings and Loan Company in Ghana. A former staff of the African Development Bank, Dr Mah’moud was Lead Financial Economist and Acting Director of the then NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade Department at the Bank. He was also for many years the Bank’s focal person for the DFIs and, in that capacity, coordinated the Bank-AADFI study on ‘Strengthening African DFIs’ as well as the development of the AADFI Prudential Standards, Guidelines,  and Rating System (PSGRS) for the DFIs.  

Prior to joining the AfDB, Dr. Mah’moud worked at various organizations, including the Policy Analysis Support Unit of the Organization of African Unity (now African Union) as Monetary Policy Advisor; the African Centre for Monetary Studies as Director of Research; and the International Monetary Fund as an Economist. He is the author of several publications and research pieces on monetary and financial management, financial integration and financial governance, as well as on various topics in development macroeconomic management.  

Dr. Mah’moud completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, and holds M. A. and Ph. D. (Economics) degrees from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.