Sampson is the Acting Director of the Financial Sector Division of the Ministry of Finance. He was appointed to the Board of National Homeownership Fund Company Limited in 2018. Prior to his current role, Sampson worked in the financial services industry in advisory, asset management and as an economist. Sampson was the Managing Director of InvestCorp, a financial services entity in Accra, Ghana. He served as a Vice President at Databank where he was Head of Research and a Fixed Income Strategist.

He also worked at SIC Financial Services Limited and ADC African Development Corporation AG in Frankfurt in 2014. Sampson also served as an Adjunct lecturer in International Economics at Ashesi University College in 2014.

Sampson holds a BA in Economics and Law (with First Class Honors) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology in Ghana, and a master’s degree in Economic Policy and Corporate Strategy from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands.