John-Peter Amewu

Development-focused public policy and infrastructure professional with a strong background in finance and cost engineering, specialised postgraduate training in energy industry management and petroleum law/policy, and extensive experience in energy, extractives governance, and infrastructure policy. Research interests span development financing for strategic sectors, public investment governance, and fiscal/revenue management for sustainable development.

• Certificate in Sustainable Management of Revenue Flows, University of Sydney, Australia (2013) (certificate status: to confirm)
• Certificate in Corporate Community Relationships, University of Queensland, Australia (2012)
• Training in Sustainable Development of Natural Resources, Catholic University of Peru - Lima (RWI) (Apr 2012)
• Training in the Management of Natural Resource Wealth, Baku - Azerbaijan (RWI) (Oct 2011)
• Managing Natural Resources Wealth: South-South Experience Sharing, Johannesburg, South Africa (World Bank) (Jun 2010)
• Project management training and Primavera software (Oil and Gas Sector), United Kingdom (Mar 2010)
• Business and Investment Opportunities training, Washington, USA (Oct 2008)
• Local government leadership and development process training, Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (Mar 2007)
• National security training (LECIA / Ministry of Defence), Accra, Ghana (Oct 2005)
• Project management training programme (IMF / World Bank) (Jan 1997)

Order of the Volta award honoured the President of Ghana, 2024, Best Football CEO awards of the year 2024, Founder of a HUFC, a premier football team in Ghana, 2022, Heroes of Distinction Award for Excellence in Leadership (2019) - United Clergy International Association (UCIA), Best Performing Minister of the Year (2017) - Pan-African Enterprise and Achievers Awards, Minister of the Year (2017) - Christian Council of Ghana, Hall of Fame Award for Excellence in Leadership (2020) - United Clergy International Association (UCIA), Additional recognitions (e.g., African Leadership Magazine; Ghana Entrepreneur & Corporate Executive Awards; Pan African Top Brands Eminence Awards) - details available on request

• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) - student member
• International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE) - student member
• Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) - student member

• Infrastructure finance and delivery (rail/transport, energy, and extractives-linked infrastructure)
• Public investment management (PIM), fiscal space, and value-for-money analysis
• PPPs, project finance, and risk allocation in emerging markets
• Resource revenue management, petroleum taxation, and fiscal regimes for development
• Development finance institutions (DFIs), blended finance, and climate/transition finance
• Governance, procurement, and political economy of infrastructure and extractives

• Minister for Railway Development, Republic of Ghana (2021-2025)
• Minister for Energy, Republic of Ghana (Aug 2018 - Jan 2021)
• Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Republic of Ghana (2017-2018)
• Member of Parliament, Hohoe Constituency, 8th Parliament of Ghana (Jan 2021 - Jan 2025)
• Mayor (Municipal Chief Executive), City of Hohoe; Representative of the President of Ghana (2005-2008)
• Chairman, Finance and Administration Committee, National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (2006-2008)
• Member, Board of St. Francis Training College, Hohoe (2006-2008)
• Chairman, Hohoe Municipal Security Committee / Police Committee (2005-2008)
• President, National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana - Volta Region (2005-2008)

• World Bank team (Ghana Energy Sector Review): upstream oil and gas review focusing on GNPC restructuring, fiscal reforms, and petroleum regulatory framework (advisory paper)
• Consultant to PIAC on petroleum revenue reporting (2011 annual; 2012 half-year)
• World Bank Ghana Office: CSO review of World Bank technical assistance to Ghana's oil and gas sector (2010)
• Friends of the Nation: review/presentation of Ghana Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Bill 2010
• Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Ghana: consultancy on oil and gas-related issues
• External consultant to Oxfam WARO: capacity strengthening and partner performance assessment on oil/gas governance (2012)
• Developed alternative gas policy for the Government of Ghana (Star Ghana-funded)

• Lecturer, Petroleum Fiscal Regimes, GIMPA Annual Summer School (RWI and GIZ-funded)
• Trainer, Ghana Revenue Authority: petroleum tax auditing (GIZ-funded)
• Trainer, Parliament of Ghana (Energy and Finance Committees): PRMA 815 and PNDC Law 188 (APNAC-funded)
• Training of PIAC members on oil and gas revenue management (RWI-funded) (2012)
• Training of journalists on reporting oil, gas, and mining revenue (International Institute of ICT Journalism) (2012)
• Training of church leaders on oil and gas advocacy (Christian Council of Ghana) (2010)

• Fiscal regimes in oil and gas: analysis of Ghana's fiscal regime (IEA, Oct 2012)
• Management and performance of Ghana's petroleum funds (IEA workshop, Sept 2012)
• Panelist: civil society-media collaboration on reporting Ghana's oil industry (World Bank Knowledge Hub, Jan 2012)
• Ghana's Renewable Energy Bill - feed-in tariff: issues, challenges, and the way forward
• State participation in natural resource sectors: issues, challenges, and the way forward (Ghana Energy Summit, Nov 2011)
• Transparency and revenue management in oil and gas: case of Ghana (IEA workshop for PIAC and Parliamentary Committees, Aug 2011)
• Resource person: Petroleum resource management training for CSOs/media in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria (Dec 2011)

• What are the Challenges of guaranteeing a Market Share of 10% of Renewable Energy in the Power Generation Mix in Ghana? Is this Policy Achievable?
• What are the Effects of Present Oil Subsidies in Ghana, and how could a price reform improve this?
• What are the key features and critical areas of concern in power project financing, and what are the roles and requirements from sponsors, lenders and government in making power projects bankable in Ghana?
• Does the Government of Ghana have the right to decide Oil Partners at the JOA Level through Pre-emption? Would it enhance deep-sea exploration activities in Ghana?
• Is a 20% energy intensity reduction potential feasible in Ghana by 2035, and what are the advantages for Ghana's energy policy?
• Why is crude oil important in net-importing countries, and what are the policy responses to crude oil price shocks in these countries?
• How can Ghana become a competitive emerging long-term growth area for world oil resources and production?
• Does Ghana need a natural resource fund to implement prudent fiscal and macroeconomic policies?
• Which elements of production sharing contracts could Ghana adapt to enhance sustainable reinvestment in exploration of oil and gas activities in the country?
• An analysis of the US LNG industry

• Alternative gas policy and gas master plan proposals for the Government of Ghana (ACEP project work, 2013)
• Value-for-money analysis of oil and gas funded projects (ACEP, 2013)
• Petroleum revenue management legislation review contributions (Ghana) - technical inputs during bill review process (2011-2012)
• PIAC petroleum revenue reporting support - analytical inputs to annual and half-year reporting (2011-2012)
• Upstream oil and gas governance and fiscal reform inputs - Ghana Energy Sector Review (World Bank advisory work)

• Augustine, Gockel, Head of Economics Department, fagoc12@yahoo.com, +233 203013000, University of Ghana - Legon, Accra, Ghana
• Thomas (Rullion), Rattray, Commercial Director, t.r.rattray@dundee.ac.uk, +44 (0)1382 385772, CEPMLP, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK, DD1 4HN
• Mohammed Amin, Adam, Executive Director, maminadam@gmail.com, +233 20 838 2222, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), 40 Patrice Lumumba Street, Airport Residential Area, Accra, Ghana