The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation GNPC, Dr. .K.K Sarpong, will be exiting the company by Friday, April 22, 2022, energynewsafrica.com can confirm.
Dr. Sarpong’s contract expired in January this year but was renewed for him by President Akufo-Addo for three months which ends next week.
Energynewsafrica.com‘s sources within the government indicate that process has already begun to appoint one of the three deputy CEOs to replace Dr. Sarpong.
The question is who among the three deputy CEOs will the mantle fall on?
Will it be Benjamin Kwaku Acolatse, Joseph Dadzie or Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah?
Mr Benjamin Kwaku Acolatse, who is the Deputy CEO in charge of Finance and Administration, is a graduate of the University of London, Ghana School of Law and Kwame University of Science and Technology, is a lawyer, Chartered Accountant & Computer & System Analyst.
He is currently pursuing PhD in Business Administration at Noble International Business School in Accra.
He has over 26 years of executive management experience in both the private and public sector institutions across various fields; among others, oil and gas, trade and commerce, academia, and legal practice; offering invaluable knowledge and experienced leadership to increase shareholder value while enhancing the livelihoods of employees.
Before joining the GNPC in 2020, Mr Benjamin Kwaku Acolatse was a Deputy CEO at the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA).
Mr Joseph Dadzie, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Gas Business, New Business & Investments, holds an MSc. degree in General Management, an MBA in Finance and a BSc. (Hons) Degree in Chemical Engineering
Before his current role, he was the General Manager for GNPC’s Commercial Division.
Mr Dadzie has about 30 years of wide and varied industry experience in Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, Finance and Banking.
He is a Member of the Government Negotiating Team for Petroleum Agreements and represents GNPC on Joint Management and Finance Committees with operators of the various fields, among many others.
Previously, Mr Dadzie worked as the Chief Finance Officer of Woodfields Energy Resources.
He also worked with Standard Chartered Bank Ghana where he held several positions including Director of Commodity Corporates, Head of Large Local Corporates & Parastatals and Senior Manager, Financial Institutions.
He had, earlier in his career, worked with GNPC as a Market Research Analyst and Operations Officer.
Mr Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah Jnr, the Deputy CEO of GNPC responsible for Technical Operations, is a product of The Fletcher University (Turfs University), Middle College and Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School.
He has fifteen years experience in the energy industry.
Before joining GNPC in July 2020, Mr Opoku Danquah Jnr worked with General Electric (GE), Houston, Texas, Director of Research, Houston, Texas, Wood Mackenzie, as an Energy & Industry Senior Analyst in Houston, Texas.
Mr Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah Jnr is a product of The Fletcher University (Turfs University), Middlebury College and Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School.
He also worked with Hart Energy Upstream/Middlestream Oil & Gas in Houston, Texas, USA, as their Director of Research.
Additionally, he worked with Schlumberger, an oil and gas services provider, as the Head of Research/Analytics and Strategy Marketing Manager.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
