Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng is the Executive Director at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). In this role, she provides leadership and strategic direction to enable the Academy to achieve its vision, mission, and objectives. She oversees both the programmatic and operational management of the organization with a focus to sustainably drive the mandate of the AAS through the secretariat team, working under the guidance of the Governing Council of the Academy.

Previously Dr. Oti-Boateng was Senior Science Advisor for Natural Sciences and the Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building in the Natural Sciences Sector at UNESCO Paris (France). She has been responsible for projects and programmes relating to science policy and capacity building in basic sciences and engineering at the multisectoral UNESCO regional office in Harare (Zimbabwe). She was also regional thematic adviser for Africa for the formulation of policies and capacity building in science, technology, and innovation and engineering.

Dr. Oti-Boateng holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology obtained from Adelaide University in Australia and an MSc, with a specialisation in Biochemistry, obtained from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi (Ghana).