Mr. George Amoh is the Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, the only statutory peace institution in Ghana. The Council has offices in all the regions of Ghana and its headquarters in Accra.

Mr. Amoh has over 22 years of professional experience in the fields of Conflict/Peace, governance, human rights, project management, data management and community development. He gained these experiences in public office, private and civil society working environments.

He holds an MA in Social Work from the University of Ghana, and a second MA in Human Rights from the University of Education Winneba, Ghana. Additionally, he has a post graduate Diploma in Human Rights, from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, the University of Lund in Sweden and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Ghana.

He has considerable experience working as a workshop facilitator for institutions including, the World Bank, UNDP, EU, Ghana Anticorruption Coalition (GACC), the Legal Aid Scheme, the School of Public Health, Legon, and Action Aid Ghana. Mr Amoh has facilitated several training programmes in most parts of Ghana, and also participated in both international and local workshops and conferences.

Prior to joining the National Peace Council, he had worked for the Commission on Human Rights & Administrative Justice, the Legal Aid Scheme, and Ghana Integrity Initiative, all located in Ghana, in different capacities.