His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, was sworn in as Guyana’s Ninth Executive President on August 2, 2020.

Dr Ali is the holder of a Doctorate in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of the West Indies, a Master of Arts Degree in Manpower Planning, a Post Graduate Diploma in International Business, a Post- Graduate Certificate in Finance from Anglia Ruskin University, an LLM Degree in International Commercial Law at the University of Salford and a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons.) in Business Management from the University of Sunderland.

The President was also a member of the Canadian Institute of Management (up to 2017) and Project Management Professional-PMP (2006). He previously served as Project Manager of the Caribbean Development Bank’s Project Implementation Unit in the Ministry of Finance and as Senior Planner in the State Planning Secretariat. Additionally, he was a member of the National Assembly of Guyana in 2006. He was subsequently appointed to the portfolios of Minister of Housing and Water and Minister of Tourism Industry and Commerce. Dr Ali was also a leading spokesperson in the National Assembly on the economy and finance. He served as chair of one of the most important committees, the Public Accounts Committee, and co-chair of the Economic Services Committee of the Parliament of Guyana.