In a list of new appointments at the state-owned refinery, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo designated Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, as a member of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) board.
A letter dated March 18, 2024, signed by the president’s executive secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo, was addressed to Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the minister of energy. In it, the president named an 11-member board that included Mr. Leon Kendon Apenteng and Mr. Kofi Mocumbi, who were also nominated by the president to serve as board chair and managing director, respectively.
“Kindly take the necessary steps to give immediate effect to these nomination in accordance with the Companies Act, 2019, (ACT 992) and the Regulations of the Company,” the letter said.
Additional board members are Dr. Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko, Mrs. Edith Sapara-Grant, Nana Akua Bakoma Prempeh, Mrs. Lorraine Crabbe Ababio, Mr. Joseph Mensah Browne, Mr. Alfred George Thompson, Mr. Paul Kwaku Kyei Ofori, and Mr. Herbert Ato Morrison, according to the letter from the president’s secretary.
Abronye posted on Facebook to announce his appointment and included his legal and oil and gas industry academic qualifications.
“Kwame Baffoe Abronye holds an MBA in Petroleum Economics and Finance from Coventry University, UK, MSc Energy Economics from Gimpa, LLB Hons, KAAF University, an LLM in ADR, University of Ghana, and Chartered Energy Economics from Global Academy of Finance and Management, USA. He is currently pursuing an Advanced LLM in Energy Law at North Sea Partnership in the Netherlands, University of Groningen,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
Read the full post and the letter below:
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com