Ghana’s technical regulator for electricity and natural gas, Energy Commission, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Eunice A. Biritwum as new Executive Secretary of the Commission effective 05 February, 2025.
She takes over from Ing. Oscar Amonoo-Neizer who held the position from September 2019 until 04 February, 2025.
Mrs. Biritwum is a Power Utility Professional with 33 years of experience in the energy industry.
Having worked with various companies in Ghana, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Sierra Leone and the Gambia, her expertise spans independent power generation, renewable energy integration, project development and implementation, contracts negotiation, project management, integrated utility and independent power production (IPP) operations management and governance.
She is equally competent in policy development, integrated power systems planning, and non-generation services such as energy efficiency, and transmission infrastructure development.
Her experiences have led her to develop skills in new business start-ups, organizational set-up and restructuring, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), global marketing management, power trading and wholesale energy markets transactions administration.
Additionally, she is an advocate for gender inclusion in business and the energy sector.
Prior to her appointment, Eunice was an Associate Director at Deloitte & Touche (“Deloitte”) focused on developing the new Energy Consulting Business for the firm, after completing a four + year assignment with Deloitte on the USAID Power Africa West Africa Energy Program as Outcome 1 Lead.
She was the first CEO for CENIT Energy Limited, Ghana, an Independent Power Producing Company (IPP), where together with her experience as Project Director for the Tema Osonor Power Project which became CENIT, she gained expertise in the development and negotiation of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and the project financing of energy infrastructure projects.
Her interests in regional integration within the energy sector and the benefits power pool led to the appointment of CENIT Energy to the Board of the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) in 2017, the first for an Independent Power Producing Company.
Mrs. Biritwum was a member of the Energy Commission’s Technical Committee for electricity between 2013 and 2015, and again from 2019 to 2024.
The Energy Commission invites its staff, partners and stakeholders to accord Mrs. Biritwum the necessary courtesies to make her tenure a successful one
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
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