John Boateng Akuoko-Tawiah

John is the Head of Sustainable Finance at KPMG Africa and Associate Director for ESG Advisory Services at KPMG West Africa. He has over 14 years of expertise in Commercial Banking, Management, Institutional Reform Consulting, and Development Finance.

He is a driving force behind KPMG’s ESG Solutions and Sustainable Finance Advisory, specializing in designing, developing, and structuring innovative finance mechanisms to support Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for governments, the private sector, foundations, and philanthropies. His expertise spans across KPMG’s East, West, and Southern Africa practices, where he leads end-to-end solutions from readiness to post-issuance support on Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) Bonds, gender-smart finance, biodiversity finance, and nature-based finance solutions. John's role also includes setting up blended financing and third-party fund management programs, providing managed service solutions from design to full operationalization of funds, grants, blended finance facilities, and technical assistance programs.

As the leader of the KPMG Sustainable Finance Program, he offers advisory support to financial regulators and intermediaries across Africa. His work focuses on fostering an enabling environment to catalyze climate finance, while integrating climate risk and strengthening investment processes.