Dr. Yussif Sulemana appointed as Acting Managing Director of TOR
Dr. Yusif Sulemana has been handed over the reins of the Tema Oil Refinery as he assumed office on February 10, 2025.
A formal handover was done by the outgoing Managing Director, Kofi Tagoe Mocumbi to officially welcome Dr. Sulemana as the Acting Managing Director of the refinery.
In a statement published on TOR’s website, Dr. Sulemana admonished the staff while noting that, “People should come first, at the center of everything we do are our stakeholders, including our cherished staff, business associates, clients, and the communities we serve.”
It is a critical time for the refinery as production has not been effective in the last few years due to various constraints.
TOR has also struggled to maintain full operational capacity amid increasing competition from private refineries.
There have been conversations surrounding the privatisation of the refinery, all of which have been shelved due to disagreements among policy analysts and experts.
Dr. Sulemana brings over 20 years of global experience in the upstream, midstream, and downstream energy sectors, with expertise spanning oil and gas production, refinery process optimization, and alternative energy.
He currently serves as a Senior Oil & Gas Production Operations Specialist at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and has previously worked with Genser Energy (Gasification Project Manager) and TOR (Chemical/Process Engineer).
He has a doctorate in Business Administration (Energy Management) – USA, MSc in International Oil & Gas Management – UK, BSc in Chemical Engineering – KNUST, Ghana.
Dr. Sulemana was recently awarded Energy Advocate of the Year at the Ghana Energy Awards.
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