SUPERVISORY COUNCIL
The Chamber’s governing body is the Supervisory Council. It brings together 10 senior figures in the shipping industry who oversee and guide all Ghana Chamber activities on behalf of the membership
Alhaji Asoma Banda
Life Patron
- Chairman, Meridian Port Services, Ghana
- Former Member, Ghana Ports & Harbours Board BOARD
- Former Chairman Ghana Maritime Authority Board
- Chairman, Antrak Group of Companies
- Former Chairman/Owner Antrak Airline
- Former Chairman, Shipowners’ and Agents Association of Ghana.
- Former Chairman/Owner, OT Africa Lines
Ben Owusu-Mensah, FCILT
Chairman
- Maritime Consultant, Benom Consult Ltd, Accra Ghana
- Member, Board of School of Graduate Studies, Regional Maritime University, Ghana
- Former Director General, Ghana Ports & Harbours, Authority.
- Former Chairman, Technical Co-operation Committee, IMO, London
- Former Member of Board of Governors, World maritime University, Sweden
- Former IMO Regional Co-ordinator for West & Central Africa.
- Former Member, Board of Directors, GPHA
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Ghana Maritime Authority.
- Former Board of Directors, Ghana Railways
- Former Rep in Liverpool, Black Star Line
Capt. Aaron Turkson
Vice Chairman
- Maritime Consultant, Refast Consulting Ltd Tema.
- Chairman, KEK Insurance Brokers Ltd
- Chairman, Marine Consult, Regional Maritime University.
- Ghana Government gazetted nautical examiner/marine surveyor.
- Former Rector, Regional Maritime University. Ghana.
Dr Kofi Mbiah, FCILT, MCIArb
CEO
- Maritime Consultant
- Former Chief Executive, Ghana Shippers Authority
- Former Chairman, Legal Committee, IMO, London
- Former Member of Board of Governors, International Maritime Law Institute, Malta
- Former Board Member, GSA
- Former Board Member, GPHA
- Former Board Member, GMA
Alex G. Buabeng
- Consultant, International Maritime Organisation
- Lecturer in Commercial Law and Law of Contract, Wisconsin University College, Accra
- Former Solicitor Secretary, Black Star Line
- Former Commonwealth Secretariat Marine Legal Expert to the Government of Papua New Guinea – 1991-1997
- Former Lecturer – Ealing College of Higher Education, London, Now University of West London.
- Former Lecturer – Insurance Law- Ghana Law School – 1978 – 2015.
- Member, Board of Regional Maritime University.
- Member of Editorial Board (Overseas Section) Journal of Business Law – 1980-2006.
Jemilat Jawulaa Mahamah
- Maritime Consultant
- President – Women In Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA), Ghana Branch
- Acting Chief Movement Controller – UNAMID, Darfur, Sudan
- Former Ghana’s Permanent Representative to IMO, London
- Chartered Member – Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), London
- Former Senior Berthing Supervisor – Meridian Port Services, Tema
Former Human Resources Manager – Ghana Highways Authority
Gordon Anim
- Former Director of Port, GPHA Tema
- Former Director of Port, GPHA, Takoradi
- Former Board Member, GPHA
- Former Board Member, Ghana Shippers Authority
- Former Board Member, Ghana Railways Company.
Sam Komieteh Botchway
- Maritime Transport ManagementConsultant, UNCTAD
- Former MD, Ghana Dock Labour Company
- Former Marketing Manager , Volta Lake Transport Company, Akosombo
- Former MD, Trans Africa Shipping, London
- Former Traffic Manager, Black Star Line
Hammed Rashid Tunde Ali
- Former Executive Director, Intercotra Gh Ltd.
- Former Director, Westgate Shipping
- Former Chairman, Port Environmental Network
- Board Chairman, Transglobal Logistics
- Former MD, Tema Shipyard & Dry Docks
- Former Branch Manager, SDV (Gh)
- Former Shipping Manager Maersk Shipping Line, Tema
- Former Country Manager, DHL
Nii Armah Ashietey
- Former Minister for Labour & Social Welfare, Ghana
- Former Greater Accra Regional Minister
- Former Member of Parliament
- Former Mayor, Tema
- Former General Secretary, Ghana Merchant Navy Officers Association
- Former Member, ILO/IMO Joint Committee on Maritime Training
- Former Member ITF Maritime Policy Committee.
- Former Member ITF Fair Practices Committee