Ghana: GRIDCo Appoints Ing. Frank Otchere As New CEO

Ghana’s power transmission company, GRIDCo, has announced the appointment of Ing. Frank Asirifi Otchere as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective Friday, May 8, 2026.

The appointment, contained in a circular signed by the company’s Board Chairperson, Kuukua Maurice Ankrah, also confirmed Ing. Samuel Nkansah as Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and Resources.

Ing. Samed Abdul Ibrahim, currently Director of the Project Implementation Unit, has also been appointed Acting Deputy Chief Executive for Engineering and Operations.

GRIDCo has urged staff to extend the “necessary cooperation and support” to the newly appointed executives in the discharge of their duties.

Ing. Frank Otchere succeeds Ing. Mark Awuah, who was asked to step aside a few weeks before his mandatory retirement following a fire that gutted the company’s substation switchyard at Akosombo in the Eastern Region. The incident disconnected the entire 1,020 MW Akosombo Generation Station from the national grid, resulting in widespread power outages across the country.

Prior to his appointment, Ing. Otchere served as Deputy Chief Executive since March 2025. He has held positions such as Director of System Operations and brings over 28 years of experience working with VRA-GRIDCo, particularly in power system operation, planning, and SCADA systems.

He currently chairs the Power Planning Technical Committee, a technical body established by the Ministry of Energy to develop short-, medium-, and long-term plans for Ghana’s power system, including the Electricity Supply Plan. He also leads the Ghana–Côte d’Ivoire Interconnection Technical Committee, the Ghana–Burkina Interconnection Technical Committee, and GRIDCo’s Operating Procedures Review Committee.

Ing. Otchere holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc. Hons.) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and a Master’s Degree (MPA) in Public Administration from GIMPA. He is a Professional Engineer in the Electrical/Electronic Technical Division of the Ghana Institution of Engineering.

He previously served on the Load Management Committee established by the then Minister of Energy to oversee the Load Shedding Programme during the energy crisis of 2012–2015.

Beyond his professional life, Ing. Frank Otchere is a Reverend Minister in the Anointed Matrix Church, part of the United Denominations of the Lighthouse Group of Churches. He is married with four children.