H.E. Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey is a Ghanaian national with over 35 years of experience as a diplomat. He is a lawyer by training and was the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2016-2020. Ambassador Quartey has served in various capacities in Ghana’s Embassies and High Commissions in Cotonou, Cairo, Brussels, Havana, and London. He was also Permanent Representative to the Ghana Mission to the United Nations in New York. He served as deputy Foreign Affairs Minister under the former President John Mahama’s government and was Secretary to the President. Ambassador Kwesi has gained experience in financial/economic negotiations with the European Commission, expertise in investments and providing advice on Administrative and International Law in his subsequent career as the Provisional National Defense council, State Committee for economic Co-operation, in Accra Ghana. He was the former Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission.