Amin Alhassan

Amin Alhassan is a Ghanaian academic, journalist and public servant. He is the incumbent and seventeenth Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. He succeeded Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow on the role on 1 October 2019.

Early life and education Alhassan was born and raised in Tamale even though his parents hail from Savelugu.

He had his early education at the Tishigu Anglican Primary School, and later the Tishigu Anglican Middle School in Tishigu, a suburb of Tamale. He had his secondary education at Navrongo Senior High School for his Ordinary Level Certificate (O-Level), and Tamale Senior High School for his Advanced Level Certificate (A-Level). He then proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Journalism for his tertiary education. He obtained his post graduate degrees from Concordia University and the University of Tampere.

Career After graduating from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Alhassan joined the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation's GBC Radio News, and the Ghana News Agency. He later joined the University for Development Studies in 2012, and became the founding dean of the Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences. He served as the Principal for the Wa campus in 2018, and in October 2019 he was appointed Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.

Honours In 2021 he was awarded the Most People Focused CEO award during the Human Resource Excellence Awards.