Martin Esson Benjamin

Martin Eson-Benjamin is the CEO of the Millennium Development Authority of Ghana (MiDA), the accountable entity for Ghana‘s Millennium Challenge Account Programme. Martin worked with Kumasi Brewery Ltd, a subsidiary of UAC Ghana Limited from 1972-1981 and moved to Unilever Ghana Limited from 1982 to 1995, and rose to the position of Marketing Director. He rejoined Ghana Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of Heineken International in 1995, for a total of 9 years, rising to the position of Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Martin Esson Benjamin has also served on the Board’s of various organizations. Board appointments include; Chairman of the Multimedia Broadcasting Company Ltd, Chairman of Ghana Agro Foods Company (GAFCO), and as Director of CFAO, the Kama Group of Companies and the Ningo Salt Company Ltd. He was awarded the National Order of the Volta in 2008. He is Ghanaian.