Eugene Kallson

Eugene Kwami Kallson P.O. Box LG 430 Legon, Accra |Mobile: - |E-mail:-PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Eugene is a highly accomplished economist and finance professional with over a decade of experience in leading management consulting projects across diverse global regions. His expertise spans public sector interventions (policies), economic and financial modelling, and strategic advisory services. Throughout his career, Eugene has collaborated with a wide range of stakeholders, including governments, public sector enterprises, and international donor organizations such as the World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, GAVI, Global Fund, JICA, and UNDP, as well as regulators, banks, and non-bank financial institutions. His work has been instrumental in shaping national and international development strategies, particularly in areas requiring financial foresight and economic resilience. Eugene excels in managing complex initiatives or programmes, leading diverse teams, and fostering business relationships across borders, while driving performance in matrix organizations. His portfolio includes several impactful health economics and finance projects coupled with modellings, quantitative and qualitative data collection that have contributed to policy reform, health systems strengthening, resource optimization for healthcare delivery, Universal health coverage support, and sustainable development. Eugene is well-articulated in both English and French; he has a strong passionate for the welfare of the less privileged children. CORE COMPETENCIES • • • • • • • Health Financing & Resource Optimization Public Health Consulting & Health Systems Strengthening Economic Evaluation & Impact Analysis Programme Strategy, Design & Implementation Stakeholder Engagement & Government Advisory Monitoring & Evaluation of Health Programs Multilingual Communication (English, French) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Health Financing Specialist | Public Health Consultant IQVIA Solutions Pty (Africa & Middle East) August 2022 - Present • Provided technical expertise on health financing projects, focusing on supporting universal health coverage (UHC) and resource mobilization in underserved regions. • Collaborated with government ministries, donor organizations, and international partners to align health sector resources with strategic public health objectives. Health Financing Consultant | Public Health, Nutrition & Population World Bank Group May 2020 - June 2022 • Developed national health financing strategies to enhance the sustainability of health systems and improve access to quality healthcare services. • Led resource mapping and expenditure tracking initiatives for the health sector in Ghana, in Tanzania, and Zanzibar, increasing funding transparency and enabling efficient allocation. Senior Consultant, Strategy & Operations Deloitte & Touche, West Africa October 2017 - February 2020 1 Eugene Kwami Kallson P.O. Box LG 430 Legon, Accra |Mobile: - |E-mail:-• Managed multiple health system strengthening projects, including patient pathway analysis and economic modeling to improve healthcare quality in Ghana. • Advised government agencies on health financing and strategic planning to optimize health sector investments. Senior Financial Analyst | Corporate Finance Deloitte & Touche, West Africa November 2014 - September 2017 • Led financial modeling for health projects, enabling evidence-based decision-making and strategic resource allocation. • Supported public and private sector clients in health financing, project feasibility studies, and investment planning. SELECTED HEALTH ECONOMICS, HEALTH FINANCE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS • • • • • • • • • • • • • In-country project lead and technical advisor for the health system technical support to Government of Ghana: Patient Pathway Analysis and Summative Networks in selected six districts in Ghana. Project funded by the World Bank Group. (Network of Practice – NoP). Project Manager for UNICEF WCARO – KRC1 monitory and evaluation project covering muti-country (7 countries) in West and Central Africa (Immunization Project). COVID-19 Economic Impact Analysis: conducted economic assessments of the impact of COVID-19 on Togolese economy, advising on mitigation, resource reallocation strategies, and policy reforms. Funded by the World Bank. Lead Consultant responsible for developing the resource mapping and expenditure tracking tool for the health sector in Ghana, in Tanzania, and Zanzibar. Liaise with the key stakeholders of the health sector, collect data on all investment cases (budgets) to ascertain the available resources in the sector. Provide technical support to the resource mobilization unit of the Ministry of Health. The Project was funded by the World Bank Group. Lead Analyst for The Global Fund’s National Supply Chain Implementation Programme (NSCIP) in Nigeria. The project involved mapping of the existing health product supply chains flows, identifying successes and challenges for the health sector in Nigeria. Project manager for the development of a Business Plan and financial modelling for the Community-Based Healthcare Planning Service (CHPS) for the Ministry of Health in Ghana. The Project was funded by Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA). Lead Consultant for the development of health sector medium-term development plan (HSMTDP) for the Ministry of Health (Government of Ghana) funded by Global Financing Facility/World Bank Group International Consultant and Project lead for the public health expenditure review of the ministry of health and related agencies in Zanzibar. Project funded by the World Bank Group. Lead Consultant responsible for the development of the economic modelling for the health sector in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia for-. Co-investigator for the evaluation of the impact of the health system strengthening intervention of the Ghana Heart Initiative (GHI) in building capacity of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and allied to improve the management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Ghana. Project funded by GIZ and Heidelberg Institute of Global Health. Senior Analyst on WHO project involving the development of business cases for the selection of initiatives to support targeted enterprises in Nigeria. Project Analyst for the evaluation of health service coverage in 4 regions in Ghana using a modified Tanahashi model. Project oversight delivery lead for the global health facilities database (GHFD) project in Ghana and Madagascar, funded by the WHO. 2 Eugene Kwami Kallson P.O. Box LG 430 Legon, Accra |Mobile: - |E-mail:-EDUCATION • • • Master of Health Economics University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Ghana MSc. Financial Forecasting and Investment University of Glasgow, School of Economics & Finance, UK BSc. Accounting and Finance Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • • • • • Managing Markets for Health (The University of Edinburgh, UK) – World Bank & GFF Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) – World Health Organization Public Private Partnership (PPP) Training – Deloitte & World Bank Group Infrastructure and Capital Projects Financing – Deloitte & Touche WHO OneHealth Tool, Stata, NVivo, Power BI PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP • • • • • Full Member – The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Full Member – American Economic Association (AEA), USA Full Member – Royal Economic Society (RES), UK Full Member – Association of Certified Chartered Economist (ACCE), USA Full Member – Ghana Statistician Association (GSA), Ghana RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATION 1. Prevalence, socio-demographic and environmental determinants of asthma in 4621 Ghanaian adults: Evidence from Wave 2 of the World Health Organization’s study on global AGEing and adult health https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone- 2. Evaluation of the Ghana Heart Initiative - Design and Rationale of a Pragmatic Mixed-Methods Study from Diverse Perspectives: A Study Protocol. https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/34480/ 3. Strengthening health systems for hypertension and cardiovascular diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: a RE-AIM mixed methods evaluation of the Ghana hearth Initiative (under review for publication). LANGUAGES • • English French Speaking: Good Speaking: Good Reading: Good Reading: Good Writing: Good Writing: Good COUNTRIES OF EXPERIENCE Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Tanzania, Togo. REFERENCES Available upon request. 3