Kadijah Amoah

Chief Executive Officer Aker Energy Ghana Limited

Mrs. Kadijah Amoah is the Chief Executive Officer for Aker Energy Ghana Limited, the first Ghanaian woman to lead an oil and gas exploration and production company. 

She is a member of the Executive Management Team of Aker Energy AS and holds directorships in affiliated AGM Petroleum Ghana and Aker Ghana Investment Company. She is also a council member of the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber. 

Prior to joining Aker Energy, Mrs. Amoah was a Lawyer and a member of the Banking and Capital Markets Team at Clifford Chance LLP, Germany. She previously worked as Head of Investments and Business Development at the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. She was the Government of Ghana lead of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Government of Ghana lead of the U.K Ghana Business Council. Mrs. Amoah is an alumna of the International Leader’s Programme of the U.K Foreign and Commonwealth Office and an Eisenhower Fellow.  

Mrs. Amoah holds a B.A. (Hons) in Political Science and Sociology, LLB (Hons), and an M.Sc. in International Business from the University of Ghana. She also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development in Rwanda, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. She has an Executive MBA from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and is an alumna of Oriel College.