Ghanaian engineer and academic
John Ofori-Tenkorang is a Ghanaian public servant, an investment banker, an engineer and an academic who was the Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) from 2017 to 2024.
Early life and education.
An ethnic Fante, Ofori-Tenkorang had his secondary education at St. Peter's Boys Senior High School, Nkwatia Kwahu. He proceeded to Pearson College UWC in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. There, he obtained his International Baccalaureate Diploma. He enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
Career.
Ofori-Tenkorang began his career as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He developed propulsion systems and novel electric motors for electric vehicles for Ford Motor Company. He also worked for Quantum Corporation, Milpitas and Lutron Electronics Company in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and St. Kitts. He later joined the American International Group (AIG) where he worked with its financial subsidiary; AIG Trading Group. He became assistant vice president and later vice president of the group. He later joined AIG Financial Products Corporation (AIFP) and Banque AIG serving as its executive director. He was transferred to South Africa where he was responsible for the company's investment activities in Africa. In 2006, he left AIG to join Gödel Commodities Management, United States of America and Dubai Natural Resources World, United Arab Emirates.
He later returned to Ghana in 2016 to work at the office of the vice president as a technical adviser. He was appointed Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in 2017.
In 1991, Ofori-Tenkorang, David Otten and Leo Casey invented a "potentiometer state sensing circuit" in the US.
Personal life.
Aside from English, he is fluent in the French language. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi society, Eta Kappa Nu society and Sigma XI Honour society.
Awards and Honours.
Ofori-Tenkorang won the Carlton E. Tucker Teaching Award for Best Teacher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, he has received the following awards: