Ghana Gas CEO Named Female Energy Personality Of The Year

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Gas Company, Ms. Judith Adjobah Blay, was on Friday night crowned Energy Female Personality of the Year at the 9th edition of the prestigious Ghana Energy Awards, held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, the capital of Ghana.

She beat Kate Quartey-Papafio (Chairperson of Reroy Group), Victoria Emefa Hardcastle (Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Commission) and Nana Yaa Jantuah, Presidential Staffer, to emerge the winner.

Accompanied by some staff of Ghana Gas, Ms. Adjobah Blay walked to the stage, where she was decorated by renowned evangelist and Awards Panel Member Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, and presented with a plaque by Hon. Richard Gyan-Mensah, Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, as well as a stool symbolizing leadership.

Commenting on the award, Ms. Adjobah Blay, beaming with smiles, thanked the organisers for recognising her contributions to the energy sector and honouring her.

She acknowledged that her role is a technical one, yet as a non-technical person, she accepted the challenge to lead, humbled herself, and committed to learning as much as she could.
“Today, Ghana Gas is on a certain path,” she stated.

Since her appointment in March 2025, Ms. Judith Adjobah Blay has been rallying staff and working tirelessly to ensure efficiency in the company’s operations while cutting waste.

During the recent shutdown maintenance of the company’s Atuabo Gas Processing Plant, Ms. Adjobah Blay worked from both the company’s head office in Accra and the plant in the Western Region, helping to complete the exercise ahead of schedule.

With over two decades of experience in Ghana’s energy sector, Judith Adjobah Blay is the first female to assume the role of CEO at Ghana Gas since the company’s inception. She is recognised for her expertise in strategic growth, regulatory compliance, and local content development.

Prior to her appointment, she served as Manager of Community Relations at the Petroleum Commission, where she integrated ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles into industry strategies.

She also played a key role in procurement and supply chain management at the Bui Power Authority and contributed to large-scale energy reforms as a Project Coordinator at the Ministry of Energy.

Ms. Adjobah Blay is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS-UK) and holds an MA in International Transactions from George Mason University (USA), an MSc in Procurement & Supply Chain Management from KNUST, and a BA in French and Linguistics from the University of Ghana. She is also pursuing an LLM in Public Procurement Law & Policy at the University of Nottingham.