Prez Akufo Addo appoints Paul Asare Ansah as  new GPHA Boss

President Akufo Addo has appointed Mr. Paul Asare Ansah as the Director -General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority.

Mr. Paul Asare Ansah possesses a considerable experience in the maritime industry. Before his appointment, Mr. Paul Asare Ansah was the Corporate Affairs and Marketing Manager.

Mr. Paul Asare Ansah holds UNCTAD Post Graduate Diploma in Senior Port Management, Dublin, Ireland. He also holds a Commonwealth Executive Master’s Degree in Business Administration – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Port Management, JICA Institute, Yokohama, Japan.

Below is his Professional Experience

1. Corporate Affairs and Marketing Manager, Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority (Current)
2. Management Consultant on Public Private Partnership for Nigeria Port Authority, 2013-2015
3. Member, National Trade Facilitation Committee, 2014-2016
4. Marketing & Public Relations Manager and Chairman of the Strategic Management Team, Port of Tema, 2013-2015
5. Member, GPHA Institutional Restructuring Committee, 2013
6. Chairman of the Technical Committee on Trade, Investment, Transport and Free Movement: Ghana-Burkina Faso Permanent Joint Commission for Co-operation, 2011
7. Chairman of the Technical Committee on Trade, Transport and Free Movement, Tourism and Information Technology: Ghana-Ivory Coast Permanent Joint Commission for Co-operation, 2012.
8. Chairman, Transit Shipper Committee of Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Takoradi, 2010-2012
9. West Africa Trade Hub Advocacy Group Leader on Transit Facilitation, 2009-2012
10. Member, ECOWAS Stakeholder Working Group on Transport Facilitation, 2011
11. Marketing and Customer Services Manager and Chairman of the Strategic Management Team – Port of Takoradi, 2009 -2012
12. GPHA’s Resident Representative to Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, 2005 – 2009
13. Marketing and Customer Services Manager, Port of Takoradi, 2001 – 2005.
14. World Bank Communications Consultant on The FCUBE and the Public Sector Management Reform Projects, 1999-2002
15. Public Affairs Manager-GPHA, 1998 – 2001
16. Senior Public Relations Officer- GPHA, 1994 – 1998

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Established an emphatically Positive Corporate Image for GPHA in the local and international business community.
2. Won for GPHA the “Public Sector PR Organization of the Year-2015”. Awarded by the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana
3. Won for the Port of Tema the Public Relations Campaign of the Year-2015 with: “The Tema Port Integrity Project”. Awarded by the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana
4. Won for the Port of Tema, the “Best Performing Port in West and Central Africa-2014” Awarded by Port Management Association of West and Central Africa.
5. Won for the Port of Tema, the “Best Performing Container Terminal in West and Central Africa-2014”. Awarded by Port Management Association of West and Central Africa.
6. Transformed the Port of Takoradi from a “Dead Port” requiring no warehouse to a vibrant port that attracted $7 million worth of warehousing facilities in four years, 2001-2005.
7. Won for the Port of Takoradi, the “Century International Quality Era Award in Gold Category” at the 14thInternational Quality Convention in Geneva Switzerland. 2002
8. Drafted speeches on ports and maritime matters for Presidents Rawlings, Kuffour, Mills and Mahama as well their transport ministers from 2000 to date
9. Has facilitated many international conferences and delivered professional papers in Ghana, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Korea, Mali, etc.