John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) and holds a Doctorate Degree in Finance from the SMC University, Switzerland. He also holds a Master of Business Administration Degree in Finance from the Wisconsin International University College, Ghana.
John has a considerable teaching and practical knowledge and experience in Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Management Accounting and Financial Management as well as practical entrepreneurialism, having been a practitioner since 2001 in the printing industry. He is also a self-motivated individual, a team player and has a passion for effectiveness and efficiency. In the area of Accountancy, John has distinguished himself as a lecturer, student and practitioner. He was adjudged the overall best Accounting student in Financial Accounting in 2008 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) and has represented Ghanaian Youth at the Annual United Nation's (UN Youth Assembly) in 2009 and 2010.
As a member of the "2005 IPS Degree Task force," Dr. John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor graduated from the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) in 2005 and served as a Teaching Assistant at the Accounting Department of the same University from 2005-2007. Born in Accra New Town, a suburb of Greater Accra, the Regional Capital of Ghana, Dr. John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor is a full time Lecturer in Accounting, Finance, Forensic Audit, and Fraud Examination at UPSA. In view of his enthusiasm for hard-work, commitment, and success, John rose to a Tutor in 2008 and became a full-time lecturer in 2010 at the Accounting Department of UPSA. In the same year, he was appointed as the Hall Tutor of the Opoku-Ampomah Hall, a position he has served to date.
Currently, Dr. John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor is a member of the Governing Council of UPSA, and Coordinator at the School of Graduate Studies for eight (8) MBA programmes namely; (MPhil. in Leadership, MSc. in Leadership, MBA in Petroleum Accounting and Finance, MBA in Auditing, MBA Corporate Governance, MBA Auditing, MBA Internal Auditing and MBA in Total Quality Management). He is also a Board member of the Abokobi Area Rural Bank in the Greater Accra area. He is an expert in the development and execution of high-profile IFRS training programmes. He also serves on the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) as a trustee and currently the President of the UPSA Alumni Association. In the area of community work, John is an Elder of the Church of Pentecost and currently serves as the District Financial Secretary of the Kokomlemle District of the Church.