The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Mr Joseph Abuabu Dadzie, has assumed office, a release from the corporation has said.
Mr Dadzie was the Deputy CEO responsible for Commerce, Strategy and Business Development of the corporation and was due for retirement in August 2024 but sought early retirement late last year.
He was, however, appointed by President Akufo-Addo in April after the resignation of Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah, the immediate past CEO of the corporation.
Mr Dadzie has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry.
In a short statement announcing Mr Dadzie’s assumption of office, the corporation wrote: “We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Joseph Abuabu Dadzie as our new Chief Executive Officer to lead our future.
“We extend our warmest congratulations and welcome to our new leader.”
Mr Dadzie is an accomplished Financial and Management Executive with over 30 years of experience at various executive and senior management levels in five organisations spanning energy, oil and gas, telecommunications and banking.
He has had diverse industry experience in finance, corporate management, governance, strategic planning, and leadership.
Between April 2013 and August 2015, he was the chief operating/finance officer for Surfline Communications Limited.
From September 2008 to March 2013, he was also the chief finance officer for Woodfields Energy Resources.
From 2003 to 2008, he worked with Standard Chartered Bank as a senior manager (financial institutions); head, Large Corporates & Parastatals, and later director of commodity corporations.
Mr Dadzie has served as a member of the Board of Directors of four institutions in the areas of banking, energy, and financial services.
His international exposure includes working attachments with Codi International BV (Netherlands), New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), Societe Generale (Paris la Defense), Total Petroleum Services (London and Paris la Defense), and the UBS Trading floor (Stamford Connecticut, USA).
Mr Dadzie holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Finance) as well as a Master of Science degree in General Management, both from Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Breukelen, The Netherlands.
He also holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
