Profile of CEO of GNPC
Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah has over 18 years of experience in strategy across multiple businesses, with most of his focus in, but not limited to, oil and gas.Β He joined GNPC from Vallourec, where he managed the North American strategy, development and innovation team.
Before this, Ahweneeh Danquah held senior management positions at BHGE (Baker Hughes) and General Electric. Prior to that, he was on the advisory board and also the global strategic marketing manager for Schlumbergerβs upstream consulting arm SBC.
Interestingly, this was the consultancy that put in place GNPCβs current operational framework, post-Jubilee oil production. Danquah also held a director role at Hart Energy, where he helped to establish the firmβs consulting and research group.
His professional tenure also includes work for Wood Mackenzie, IHS CERA, Euromoney Institutional Investor and Bank of America.
He is the author of various industry publications, and holds a Bachelorβs degree in economics from Middlebury College in the United States, with a minor in French.
He also holds a Masterβs degree from the Fletcher School of Tufts University, where his study focused on both international business and international relations.Β Danquah completed the strategy coursework for his Masterβs degree at Harvard Business School.
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He is an alumnus of Presbyterian Boysβ Secondary School (PRESEC, Legon), and represented the school in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ).
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