STABLE AND COHESIVE LEADERSHIP
ZEN is managed by experienced professionals from a variety of disciplines, all with significant experience in the oil and gas industry.
MEET THE BOARD
Tutu Agyare
Joined ZEN in 2018 and has over 25 years’ banking and financial experience. Worked for UBS where he headed Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) desk for UBS Investment Bank as well as managing an emerging markets-focused proprietary portfolio between 1993 and 2007, including running the top ranked Institutional Investor emerging markets business for five out of the last six years from 2001 to 2007.
Freda Duplan
Joined the ZEN Board in 2020. A noted Ghanaian corporate leader with almost three decades’ working experience with the Nestlé Group, rising through the ranks to become the first African woman market head in the Group and the first woman and Ghanaian Managing Director of Nestlé Ghana Limited. Has held other international roles with Nestlé as the Managing Director of Nestlé Pakistan Limited and Head of Nestlé Business Services in Manila, Philippines.
Mansa Nettey
Joined the ZEN Board in 2020 as an Independent Director and is the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited; being the first female CEO in the Bank’s 120 year history in Ghana. Appointed as a NonExecutive Director of the Board of Standard Chartered Bank, Nigeria Limited in 2015 and has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector, having held various senior roles in Corporate and Institutional Banking across the West Africa sub-region.
William Tewiah
William founded ZEN in 2010. He is a UK trained Management Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in banking in London, Europe and Asia including posts at UBS, Schroeders and Merrill Lynch among others. William is responsible for business development and day-to-day management of ZEN.
Kwame Asamoah
Kwame joined ZEN in 2011. He trained in the UK as a Chartered Accountant with almost 20 years’ experience working with a major firm of accountants in various roles covering audit, corporate finance and tax planning. Kwame is responsible for the financial management of ZEN and various aspects of its day-to-day management.
Nana Akua Ayivor
Nana Akua joined ZEN from KPMG where she was a Partner and the Head of Audit Services for many years. Nana Akua is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years post qualification experience in providing audit and related services to a wide variety of businesses across various industries and sectors in both the Ghana and Nigeria practices. She was appointed the first female Partner of KPMG Ghana in 2010 and had an eventful career with KPMG. Nana Akua oversees ZEN’s day-to-day operations, while developing and implementing strategies to enhance our operational efficiency and sustainability.
INTRODUCING OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Stanley Tweneboah
Stanley joined ZEN in 2015. He was previously the Reliability Engineer at African Barrick in Tanzania, with additional 10 plus years’ experience as operations manager and technical engineer at various Mines including Tarkwa, Nzema, Ahafo, Iduapriem, Damang, Bogoso, Chirano and Akyem in Ghana. He is responsible for all ZEN’s site operations.
Peter Duplan
Peter joined ZEN in January 2021. He previously worked at GLICO Group Ltd (GLICO) where he was the acting Group Head of Human Resources. Prior to joining GLICO, he was the HR Business Partner for Corporate Functions as well as the Employee Relations Manager at Vodafone Ghana. Peter holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Ghana. He is responsible for delivering the full range of Group HR strategy and operations.
Prince Awuley
Prince joined ZEN in June 2012. He is responsible for all aspects of fuel retail operations with 10 plus years of experience in the downstream oil marketing industry. Previously with Oando Ghana in charge of Operations and Engineering, Prince holds a degree in civil engineering from KNUST, and graduate studies in the field of oil and gas management from Coventry University. He is a credentialed project management professional from the Project Management Institute.
Richard Anderson
Richard is an experienced professional with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He has over ten years of experience in the logistics and transport sector. Previously, he worked with APM Terminals, where he held various roles focused on operations and transport. Richard joined ZEN in 2020 and currently oversees transport operations.
Mercy Smith
Mercy joined ZEN in 2016 as a Lubricant Engineer. She previously worked with Optimus Services Ltd in Hull (UK) as a Process Engineer. Mercy Holds a BEng in Chemical Engineering from The University of Bradford (UK) and also certified by the South African Institute of Tribology. She is responsible for managing ZEN’s external relationships with key stakeholders and overseeing and managing projects.
Dorothy Oforiwaa Ocran
Dorothy joined ZEN in 2023. She previously worked with KPMG where she served in Business Development and Sales Operations/Marketing and Communications roles. With over 10 years' experience in marketing communications and public relations, she holds an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Ghana. Dorothy is responsible for overseeing communication strategies and the overall corporate image at ZEN.
Desmond Ogbarmey-Tettey
Desmond joined ZEN in 2017 as a management trainee in Finance and transitioned to Astra as Financial Controller in 2019. He is a Chartered Accountant and currently oversees the day-to-day management of Astra. Desmond holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) and a master's degree in Oil and Gas with Energy Management from the University of East London.
EXTERNAL ADVISORS
Will Lloyd
Will joined ZEN in 2016. He has 15+ years of experience in Corporate Finance and Financial Management working in Zurich, London and Amsterdam. Since 2013 he had specialised in international cross border financing and investment between Europe and Africa, including PPP projects in Ghana whilst working with institutional, private, and public institutions.
CAREERS AT ZEN
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