Prof. Raymond Akongburo Atuguba is Professor and Dean at School of Law, University of Ghana. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the Executive Secretary to the President of the Republic of Ghana.
Professor Raymond Atuguba’s career exemplifies excellence in both legal scholarship and practical development work. A professor and dean at the University of Ghana School of Law, he also served a distinguished term as the Executive Secretary to the President. Prior to that, Professor Atuguba spent over 15 years advocating for constitutional governance and democratic gains. He co-founded a legal resource center and established a leading policy consultancy firm, Law and Development Associates (LADA), demonstrating his commitment to both social justice and practical solutions. Professor Atuguba’s extensive experience includes consulting for governments and international organizations around the world, and his dedication to professional development is evidenced by his advanced degrees in law, development studies, and business administration. His legal expertise is further underscored by his successful arguments before the Ghanaian Supreme Court.
Prior to his appointment as the Executive Secretary to the President, Dr. Atuguba was for over 15 years engaged in the fields of constitutional governance and the consolidation of democratic gains; law and policy advocacy; public policy reform; natural resource governance; justice sector reform and rights-based approaches to development. As the co-founder and former Executive Director of the non-profit Legal Resources Centre and later Founder and Team Leader of a Policy Consultancy Firm – Law and Development Associates, he has consulted for various governments and international organizations. These include the Governments of Ghana and Liberia; the UN-OHCHR, UNDP, UNODC, the World Bank, the EU, ECOWAS, DFID, USAID, GTZ (GIS), DANIDA, ILO, IOM, FES, British Council, IIED, CHRI, OSIWA, IBIS, Action Aid International, Plan International and Oxfam. Dr. Atuguba is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and has argued several precedent setting cases in the Supreme Court of Ghana. He is also a member of the African Studies Association, the Ghana Society for Development Dialogue and a Senior Fellow of the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS).
He is a 1997 graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana and an alumnus of Harvard Law School where he graduated with a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree in Human Rights and International Finance in 2000 and with a Doctor of Juridical Sciences (S.J.D) degree in Development Studies and Law and Development in 2004. He recently earned an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).