Political party: People’s Progressive Party/Civic
Education: Queen’s College; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Accounting and Finance, University of Lancaster; Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Financial Economics, University of London; Master of Arts (MA) Degree in Accounting and Finance, University of Lancaster.
Ashni Kumar Singh is a Guyanese politician. He serves as Minister of Finance as of 5 November 2020. He also served in this role from September 2006 to May 2015.
Prior to his first appointment as minister, Singh was the Director of Budget in the Ministry of Finance and Deputy Auditor General in the Office of the Auditor General, as well as a chairman in the Governing Board of the Guyana Revenue Authority and the University of Guyana.
Between tenures as minister, he worked for the International Monetary Fund. As acting minister, Singh also represented Guyana on the boards of governors of the IMF, the World Bank Group, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Caribbean Development Bank.
He is married and has two children.
