The acting Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Ishmael Ackah has assumed the post, energynewsafrica.com confirmed.
He assumed the post on Monday, February 7, 2022.
Dr Ishmael Ackah replaces Mrs Mami Dufie Ofori who served as the Executive Secretary of PURC from 2017.
Before his appointment, Dr Ishmael Ackah, who is an Energy Economist with more than 10 years of experience that spans public service, civil society, private sector and academia, was the regulatory and electricity market expert of the USAID West Africa Energy Programme in Ghana.
He is a fellow of the Institute for Economic Affairs Ghana.
He previously worked as the head of the Policy Unit at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy.
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Dr Ackah served as the technical advisor on energy and petroleum policies to Ghana’s Minister for Planning for two years.
He was the first coordinator of the Local Content Secretariat at the Ghana Energy Commission.
He has provided research consultancies for the United Nations University, the African Development Bank, IHS Markit, GOGIG/OPM, Ghana’s National Accreditation Board, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, SNV Ghana among others.
He has published about 40 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals such as the Energy Research and Social Science Journal, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Energy Efficiency Journal, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, the Extractive and Society Journal, etc. Ishmael holds a PhD in Energy Economics and Policy from the University of Portsmouth, UK and an MSc in Energy Economics and Policy from, University of Surrey, UK.
He had his undergraduate studies at the University of Professional Studies in Accra, Ghana.
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