AmCham Ghana Private Meeting with U.S Congressional Delegation

AmCham Ghana, Doing Business, U.S Congressional Delegation, U.S. Ghana Relations

By Albert Ludwig Botchway, AmCham Communications

Albert Ludwig Botchway is the Communications Officer at the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana (AmCham Ghana), where he leads the Chamber’s communications strategy and brand visibility. He drives stakeholder engagement, media relations, and content initiatives that strengthen U.S.–Ghana business relations. His work supports trade, investment, data protection awareness, and innovation across the Chamber’s activities

AmCham Ghana Private Meeting with U.S Congressional Delegation

By Albert Ludwig Botchway, AmCham Communications
September 13, 2022
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AmCham Ghana, on Monday, September 12, 2022, hosted a private meeting between visiting U.S Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia E. Palmer, and Executives of AmCham Ghana member companies to discuss issues of sustainability and environmental protection in the extractive industry, as well as further strengthing U.S. – Ghana relations and advocating for improved regulations to enhance the ease of doing business.

The U.S. Congressional delegation included Chairman Raúl Grijalva, House Natural Resources Committee (D-AZ), Congresswomen Jennifer Gonzáles Colón, House Natural Resources Committee (R-PR), Congressman Edward Case, House Natural Resources Committee (D-HI), Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, House Natural Resources Committee (D-NMI), and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, House Natural Resources Committee (D-MI).

AmCham Members companies present at the meeting included, Joe Mensah, Senior Vice President & Head of Ghana Business Unit at Kosmos Energy, David Thornton Regional Senior Vice President at Newmont Africa, Adiki Ofeibea Ayitevie, Vice President, Sustainability & External Relations at Newmont Africa, Bharathwaj Kannan, Sr. Area Manager for North West Africa at Halliburton, Evans Sam, Operations Administrator at Boart Longyear, Theophilus Ahwireng, Chairman/Managing Director at MODEC Production Services Ghana JV Limited, Baafour Asiamah-Adjei, CEO at Genser Energy, Frances Rogoz, VP of Project Development at Genser Energy, Anna Klapper, VP External Communications at Genser Energy, Prince Agbeibor, Country Manager, Ghana & Ivory Coast at Schlumberger, Selom Akaba, New Units Projects Director Sub-Saharan Africa at GE Gas Power, Mark Pritchard, Country Manager at The Coca-Cola Bottling Company Of Ghana Limited, and Joseph Dankwah, Business Development & Sales Manager -TechnipFMC Ghana, Equatorial Guinea & Ivory Coast.