Randolf Wilson

Randolf Wilson (official) but affectionately called Randy Wilson is a Development Planner who has worked in the Local Government Service in Ghana for over 20 years. He was involved in Mining resettlement with Newmont Ghana on the Ahafo and Akyem resettlements and have had stints with Non- Governmental Organization services in community water and sanitation alongside other developmental programs. Randy was part of the Urban Transport Project which sought to introduce regulatory reforms in Ghana’s informal public transport services as Head of the Planning section from 2009 to 2014. Currently, he is the Head of the Transport Department of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. He serves as the Urban Mobility Coordinator for Kumasi coordinating projects such as the World Bank-sponsored BRT Projects; MobilizeYourCity (SUMP) African Smart Towns Network (ASToN) and Digital Transport for African (DT4A) under AFD sponsorship. He is also the City Technical Lead for Bloomberg’s BIGRS and PHC and e-bus operations in Kumasi. He holds two Masters Degrees – one from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Development Policy and Planning and from IHS Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Urban Management and Development. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Transportation Engineering under the TRECK Program of KNUST. Striving to achieve perfection is his hallmark and he always wants to get things done in the simplest but best way possible.