Experience

Volta River Authority

• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Strategic Projects & New Business

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Project development with focus on Conversion of dual fired Simple Cycle Gas Turbine power plant to Combined Cycle Power Plant, Re-powering a non-Operational Combined Cycle power plant with new Gas Turbines, Wind Power plant development and Solar PV Power plant development.

• Director Of Engineering

  • Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

  Power generation planning, power projects appraisal and development, infrastructural designs and development, and project management for VRA departments, VRA subsidiaries and external agencies like the Ministry of EnergyProjects Directed1. EPC for Sea Water Reverse Osmosis Plant2. EPC for Solar PV power plant3. Evaluation on the viability of modernizing/life extension of 25 year old combined cycle power plant

• Director-Corporate Strategy/Risk Mgmt

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

  Responsible for Strategy Mgmt and Enterprise Risk mgmt

• Director-Corporate Strategy

  • Oct 2017 - Apr 2021

  Develops options for strategy management as well as strategic and transformational moves accross the business. Leads the development and implementation of the business strategic objectives and processes. Facilitates cross-functional team collaborations as well as support executive leadership and holders within the business in developing business strategies, long term goals and objectives, key risk management and driving business and project initiatives.

• Director- Corporate Strategy/Corp Comm

  • Aug 2019 - Jan 2021

  Develops options for strategy management as well as strategic and transformational moves accross the business. Leads the development and implementation of the business strategic objectives and processes. Facilitates cross-functional team collaborations as well as support executive leadership and holders within the business in developing business strategies, long term goals and objectives, key risk management and driving business and project initiatives.Development and implementation of strategic communications to reach out to internal and external stakeholders. Public education in energy matters and corporate communications and reputation management.

• Director-Thermal Generation

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2017

  Responsible for the strategic direction of the Western Operational Area of the VRA Thermal Generation Department, which currently comprises of three combined cycle and one simple cycle power plants , two of which are private suppliers of energy to VRA. Current installed production capacity for the area is 1012MW but the area is fast becoming a power hub as a number of power producers have declared their intentions to build and operate power plants in that zone because of the strategic availability of natural gas, crude oil and water supply infrastructure.

• Plant Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2016

  Ensures that the tri-fuel(Gas/Diesel/Light Crude Oil) 330MW Combined Cycle power plant is operated, maintained and dispatched to meet grid requirements whilst maintaining high standards of safety and complying with environmental requirements. Ensures lowest total life cycle cost of operation of all assets.

• Maintenance Manager

  • 2005 - Mar 2010

  Ensure that plant equipment/machinery are maintained on schedule and with minimal disruption to operation whilst ensuring the highest quality and safety standards are met

• Principal C&I Engineer

  • 1997 - 2005

  Ensure all plant controllers eg PLC, DCS, MKV, sensors are kept in optimum condition to ensure high equipment availability and reliability thereby assuring uninterruptible and safe operation of the 330 MW combined cycle power plant at all times.

• Project C&I Engineer

  • Jun 1996 - Dec 1997

  Project works supervision 1. Gas Turbine control and instrumentation equipment installation and commissioning2. Generator, transformer and HV transmission line Protective relaying installation and commissioning3. Design reviews of Control, Instrumentation, Electrical and protection systems for Gas and steam turbines, synchronous generators, Heat Recovery Steam Generators, transformers, water treatment systems, desalination systems, fire protection systems, gas and liquid fuel treatment systems, Oily waste treatment systems

• Electrical Construction Engineer(Protection & Control )

  • Jun 1992 - Oct 1996

  Electrical Construction Engineer (Protection and Control) for design reviews, construction supervision and commissioning for new or affected protection, instrumentation and control devices for retrofitting of hydro turbine Unit #4Worked as Protection and Control Engineer under Acres International Limited, the Consultants for the Akosombo Generating Station Retrofit Project. Worked with OEMs for Generator, Governor, Exciter, Protective relays, Transformer.

• P&C Engineer

  • May 1990 - Jun 1992

  Ensures Protective relaying, turbine controllers and generator excitation controllers for hydro turbine units are maintained according to schedule to assure reliable and safe operation and control of the units



Sages Engineering Consultants

• Assist Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 1990 - Apr 1990

  Assists in the design, supervision of works and testing of electrical systems for commercial, domestic and industrial installations Assists in the design, supervision of works and testing of electrical systems for commercial, domestic and industrial installations