Tullow names Kweku Awotwi as Managing Director

Tullow Ghana has appointed Kweku Awotwi as the Managing Director of the company.

A statement from the company said Mr. Awotwi will take over from Charles Darku who will be retiring from the company in April after serving for five years.

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.
His successor, Kweku 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 [VRA] as Chief Executive for over four years, and at Ashanti Goldfields Company, where he was MD in charge of Strategic Planning and New Business Development.

The statement said Kweku Awotwi will join Tullow on the 1st of March, 2018, to enable a smooth transition before Charles Darku’s retirement date at the end of April. Mr. Awotwi was appointed the board chairman of the VRA in 2017.

“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”, Mr. Awotwi said in a brief remark.

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.”

Meanwhile, Mr. Darku intimated that “I am hugely proud of the work the team in Tullow Ghana and I have achieved over the last five years, working with government and the private sector to nurture Ghana’s new oil and gas industry. I am also grateful for the support I have received from Tullow, the Government, and all our other stakeholders. I wish Tullow every success in the future.”

 

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