Resource Persons Biography

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Dr. Sam Mensah, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning
Edward Farquharson, Partnerships UK
Godwin Brocke, Ministry of Road Transportation
Jonathan Amoako–Baah, Volta River Authority
Govindan Nair, World Bank
Edward Yescombe, YCL Consulting Ltd, U.K
Arnold McIntyre, International Monetary Fund
David Ofosu-Dorte, AB & David Law
Andrew Porter, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, UK
Kofi N. Agyeman, CAL Bank Ltd
Justina Twumwaa Brookman-Amissah, CAL Bank Ltd.
Peter Mousley, World Bank

Jonathan Amoako–Baah has worked for several years as a Design Engineer on several projects including the Northern Electrification and System Reinforcement Project. Currently, he is working on the West African Gas Pipeline Project specifically on pipeline development and the Takoradi 2 Expansion Project as the Task Manager. His other duties include negotiations of the power purchase agreement on the establishment of a 126 MW OSONOR thermal power plant in Tema Ghana. He is an international speaker on the electric utility industry and has spoken at various conferences in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Jonathan graduated with a Master of Business Administration in Finance at the University of Ghana, Legon. He had prior in 1985 received a BSc (Eng) degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi specialising in Communications. He is a Fellow of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) of the USA and also a member of the UPDEA Scientific Committee. He is the President of Society of VRA Engineers.