Tullow Ghana has appointed Kweku Awotwi as the Managing Director, effective April 1, 2018.
Mr. Awotwi takes over from Charles Darku who’ll be retiring from the company in April after serving the company for five years.
Awotwi is an experienced international business executive with over twenty-five years’ experience working in the energy sector, as well as the mining and extractive industries, in both the public and private sectors in Africa and the United States.
He served at the Volta River Authority as Chief Executive for over four years and at Ashanti Goldfields Company, where he was MD, Strategic Planning and New Business Development.
Charles Darku joined Tullow Ghana Limited in 2013 as the first Ghanaian to lead the company, and has been instrumental in delivering the company’s primary objectives of oil and gas production.
On his part, Gary Thompson, Executive Vice President for Tullow, West Africa, said: “Kweku’s 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions across the energy and extractive sectors together with his executive management experience makes him an excellent candidate to lead our Ghana business, as we look to consolidate upon our strong operational performance from the TEN and Jubilee fields and further grow our business in Ghana. I would like to thank Charles for his commitment and dedication over the last five years and for the significant contribution he has made to Tullow Ghana and Tullow Group. We wish Charles a long and happy retirement.”
Awotwi in a brief remark stated: “I am extremely pleased to be joining Tullow Ghana at such a pivotal moment in the Company’s history. With the ITLOS ruling behind us, and the approval of the Greater Jubilee Full Field Development Plan, this is a great opportunity to build on Tullow’s leadership in the development of Ghana’s maturing oil and gas sector.”