CURRICULUM VITAE - ASAMOAH, JOSEPH KWASI, Ph.D

A highly qualified and experienced Chemical Engineer, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Expert and Academician with a 33-year track record of international experience; seeking a management or specialist position in the petroleum industry.

Dr Asamoah has over 11 years industrial experience, mainly in the technical, environment, quality control, project management, production and management fields with various firms including Firestone Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Goldfields in Ghana, as well as with the Transkei Mining Corporation in South Africa. In the DME, Dr Asamoah was involved in crafting policy, operational, commercial and regulatory documents/instruments for the natural gas and coal industries. Joseph participated in environmental management issues within and outside the DME. Dr Asamoah was a member of the Working Groups of the Sustainable Energy and Waste Management Committees of the then Vice-Presidents Mbeki and Al Gore’s Bi-national Commission (BNC).
He has done extensive work - research, writing articles, advocacy and consultancy services - on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and has undertaken mitigation and adaptation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Dr Asamoah was the first Convenor of the Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) & the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Working Group of the South African National Committee on Climate Change. The Working Group was the clearing-house for AIJ and GEF projects in South Africa. Furthermore, he served as a member of the ad hoc International Working Group on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that primarily looked at building Public-Private Partnerships on the technical, financial and institutional issues under the Kyoto Protocol. Additionally, Dr Asamoah has organized, presented papers and participated in a number of activities (seminars, workshops, debates, etc,) internationally and written several articles and chapters in books, particularly on Human Capacity and Institutional Development on Global Climate Change, Energy and the Environment. In 2002, he authored a booklet “Replacing Coal with Cleaner Natural Gas in Southern Africa – The Equity Dimension” under the auspices of the African Energy Policy and Research Network (AFREPREN). He wrote another book – “Making the Oil and Gas Find in Ghana a Blessing” - in 2008. Furthermore, Dr Asamoah represented Southern African NGOs from 1999 to 2001 on GEF / NGO forum during the GEF Council meetings in Washington DC, US.

Dr Asamoah is a specialist in the development of energy, natural gas, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and environment projects with extensive project management, scenario development and strategic planning skills. He has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) (Hons) degree in Chemical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Joseph completed a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1993. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Degree in Environmental Engineering with focus on Energy, Environment, Natural Gas, Techno-Economics and Sustainable Development from the University of The Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa.

2001 2006 Ph.D (Energy, Environment, Natural Gas Industry, Sustainable Development and Techno-Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1991 1993 MBA, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
1972 1976 B.Sc (Hons) Chemical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
1965 1972 Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates with Grade 1 and Four Passes respectively at Adisadel College, Cape Coast.

Target Job Locations: MidEast, Africa and the Americas
Target Industry: Oil and Gas
Employment Type: Employee
Employment Status: Full Time