Esther Lily Nkansah is a Ghanaian lawyer and a former Regional Minister of the Western Region from 1997 to 2001 under the Rawlings Government. In 2010, she was named in a 10-member Board of Bank of Ghana by President Atta Mills to assist the government with its Better Ghana Agenda. Mrs Nkansah is also the Lay Chairman of the Sekondi Diocese of the Methodist Church.