Arc. Chris Pobee Abbey, is a distinguished architect and urban planner. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,, Kumasi, Ghana, and a Master’s in Urban Planning from Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. He has also completed a Certificate in Performance-Based Contracting from IHE (Delft), Netherlands, and actively participates in global housing and urban development conferences.
Arc. Pobee Abbey is a member of the Council of the Ghana Institute of Architects and serves on the Boards of the Architects Registration Council and Shelter Afrique Development Bank. He has played a pivotal role in developing critical documents such as the Ghana Housing Policy (2015), Ghana Building Code (2018), and Building Regulations (2022). His contributions include formulating housing sector profiles and strategic documents to decarbonize the construction industry. Arc. Pobee Abbey’s expertise in planning schemes and standard designs has significantly advanced housing programmes under his ministry’s purview.