MRS. JANET OPOKU-AKYEAMPONG
FORMER COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Mrs. Janet Opoku-Akyeampong graduated from the University of Ghana with a BA (General) Degree in 1968.

She joined the then Income Tax Department as the first University Woman Graduate as an Assistant Inspector of Taxes immediately after graduation and has risen through the ranks to become the Commissioner – Internal Revenue Service in 2001.

She has been a pace-setter for women in the Internal Revenue Service. She is the first woman to head District and Regional Offices; and become an Assistant Commissioner for the Assessment Division and a Deputy Commissioner. In 2001 she was appointed the first ever woman Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

She has attended several courses and obtained a number of professional certificates. She is married to Daniel, a Barrister-at-law with 2 children. Her hobbies include reading novels, Bible Studies, Music, Travelling and Sightseeing and Watching documentary films.

She retired from the Service in 2005 after 37 years of active service.