The Internal Audit Agency (IAA) has recruited Atty. Elizabeth Horace-Kwemi as its new Executive Director for Administration, following a highly competitive recruitment process. Atty. Horace-Kwemi is a seasoned legal and administrative professional whose career spans more than fifteen years of impactful service across Liberia’s public and private sectors. Her appointment marks a strategic step in strengthening the Agency’s administrative leadership, compliance culture, and institutional governance framework.
Atty. Horace-Kwemi joins the IAA with over five years of solid legal practice in litigation, contract negotiation, and business transactions. She previously served as Assistant Legal Counsel at Lex Group Liberia, one of the country’s leading law firms, where she was deeply involved in litigation, corporate advisory services, and commercial transactions. Her public-sector legal experience includes service as Legal Counsel at the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA), where she played a key role in advancing regulatory compliance, enforcement actions, and adherence to statutory mandates, while supporting transparent and accountable institutional decision-making.
Her distinguished public service record also includes roles as Technical Assistant/Chief of Staff to the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health and Administrative Program Officer at the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs, where she supported policy implementation, compliance monitoring, and administrative controls in line with national laws. During Liberia’s response to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, Atty. Horace-Kwemi served as Deputy Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Manager under the Incident Management System, contributing to high-level coordination, administrative control, and operational oversight during one of the nation’s most critical periods.
Atty. Horace-Kwemi’s academic background reflects a strong multidisciplinary foundation. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia; a Master’s Degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation from the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation; a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Systems Management from the Galilee International Management Institute in Israel; and a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Sociology and Social Work from AMEU. This diverse educational portfolio enhances her analytical approach to risk management, compliance review, and institutional reform, which are core pillars of the IAA’s mandate.
In addition to her legal and public-sector career, she has held managerial and leadership positions with local and international non-governmental organizations, where she designed and implemented programs focused on youth entrepreneurship and community empowerment. Her public service journey began through the Liberia Fellows and President’s Young Professionals (PYP) Program, which laid a strong foundation in public administration and leadership.
With her appointment, the Internal Audit Agency gains a dynamic leader whose blend of legal expertise, administrative acumen, and public-sector experience is expected to further strengthen internal governance systems and support the Agency’s mission of promoting accountability, transparency, and sound management of public resources in Liberia.