Akufo-Addo Appoints Mike Oquaye Jnr As Free Zones CEO
Dr Michael Aaron Oquaye Jnr. is Ghana’s immediate past High Commissioner to India. He had concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Ghana’s former High Commissioner to India, Mr Michael Oquaye Jnr. as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA).
Lawyer Oquaye Jnr, will, thus, be leading the Authority designed to promote the processing and manufacturing of goods through the establishment of Export Processing Zones (EPZs), as well as encourage the development of commercial and service activities at sea and airport areas.
Mike Oquaye Jnr., son of former Speaker Prof Mike Oquaye, will be replacing Mr Michael Okyere Baafi, who is now the MP for New Juaben South in the Eastern Region.
Mr Baafi is also the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.
Dr Michael Aaron Oquaye Jnr. is Ghana’s immediate past High Commissioner to India. He had concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Dr Oquaye is a Lawyer (Barrister) by profession. He is an International Investment Corporate Lawyer with extensive experience in Project Finance, Infrastructure, Mergers and Acquisitions, General Contract and Commercial Transactions.
His Global experience is mainly focused on emerging businesses and markets–Countries of Business include UK, USA, ECOWAS Region, and South Africa.
His varied areas of Legal Practice are in the Sectors of Energy (Oil and Gas, Biofuels and Renewable Energy) Media and Technology, Telecommunications, Commodities and Agri-Business among others.
His work experience spans many years in both the UK and Ghana. His last job in the UK was at 9 Kings Bench Walk, Chancery Lane, London, where he worked with Renowned Barrister AI Mustakim.
In Ghana, he is currently a Legal Practitioner at Exusia Law Consult with renowned lawyers such as Dr Yeboa Amoa (First Managing Director of Ghana Stock Exchange) and Mrs Essie F. Cobbina (Cocoa Board Ghana).
He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and later called to the bar in Ghana. He holds a BL from BPP Law School in Holborn, UK and an LLB from the Oxford Brookes University in Oxford.
He is also pursuing an LLM in Oil and Gas at Dundee University, Scotland, UK. He is married to Maureen Oquaye and they are blessed with three children.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Correspondent
