Ghana: GOIL Plc Loses Chief Operating Officer

Ghana’s leading indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL Plc, has lost its Chief Operating Officer Alex Josiah Adzew, energynewsafrica.com can confirm.

Mr. Alex Josiah Adzew passed away in the United States of America (USA) where he was receiving treatment after falling ill.

Mr. Adzew was appointed the first Chief Operating Officer of GOIL Plc in October 2016.

Before his appointment, he was the Fuel Marketing Manager of the company.

A statement by Dr Marcus Deo Dake, Head of Corporate Affairs at GOIL Plc., which confirmed the passing on of Mr Adzew said: “It is with deep regret and sorrow that we announce the passing away of our Chief Operating Officer Mr. Alex Josiah whose death occurred on Monday 13th March 2023 after a short illness.”

The statement said a book of condolence has been opened at GOIL head office in Accra to allow industry players and friend to express their grief adding that details of the funeral would be announced later.

Profile Of The Late Adzew

Mr Josiah Adzew was a Mechanical Engineer by profession and had a wealth of work practice and experience in the petroleum industry, having joined Ghana Oil Company in 1992, initially as a Sales Engineer from the Tractor and Equipment (Division of Unilever) where he was the Inventory Control Manager.

Since joining GOIL, Mr Adzew served in various capacities as Sales Engineer in the Takoradi Zonal Office and Senior Sales Engineer/Special Assistant to the Area Manager for the Western Region.

He was later transferred to the Head Office as Lubricants Marketing Manager with additional responsibilities for LPG, Bunkering and Aviation Business.

Through hard work, he became the Head of the Department of Technical and Special Products with a special mandate to spearhead the entry of GOIL into the Aviation Industry as well as the Bunkering Business.

In January 2013, he was appointed the Fuels Marketing Manager of the Company.

Alex Josiah Adzew had a wealth of practical field experience under his belt, having attended various courses and seminars and undertaken business trips to support the company in the areas of Lubricants, Bunkering, Aviation, Marketing, Finance, Project Management and Retail Network development.

In March 2016, he participated in International Oil Trading Course at Princeton-Oxford in the U.K to get the company prepared to take its leadership role in the petroleum downstream sector following the deregulation of petroleum prices.

His interest in career excellence motivated him to participate in some local and international courses including Leadership Skills for Managers, Positioning Companies for Export Competitiveness, Health Safety and Environmental Training for Marketing Staff and Effective Credit Control as well as in Banking.

Mr Adzew had a First Class BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (1990); and an Executive Master of Business Administration (Money and Banking) from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

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