Joseph Abuabu Dadzie takes over as new GNPC boss

Mr. Joseph Abuabu Dadzie has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.

Mr. Dadzie takes over from Opoku-Ahweeneh Danquah whose term of office ended on 26 April 2024.

On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante in a letter said “Pursuant to Section 10 (2) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Act, 1983 (P.N.D.C.L. 64), I am pleased to inform you that the President has appointed you to act as the Chief Executive of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (the “Corporation”) pending receipt of the required advice of the honourable Minister for Energy, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission”

“Your appointment is effective 2nd May 2024. I take this opportunity to congratulate you formally on your appointment Kindly indicate your acceptance or otherwise of this appointment, within 14 days of receipt of this letter Please accept the President’s best wishes,” the letter read.

Until his appointment, Dadzie was GNPC’s deputy chief executive responsible for Commerce, Strategy & Business Development. Prior to this, he was the Corporation’s General Manager, Commercial from June 2017 to August 2020.

Dadzie is an accomplished Financial and Management Executive with over 25 years of experience at various executive and senior management levels in five (5) organizations 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 chief operating/finance officer for Surfline Communications Limited and 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.

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).

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.