Dr. Papa Benin is a senior management executive with 15+ years’ experience of Project Development & Implementation of Crude Oil Refineries with over 8 years of FPSO operations and engineering management practice. Dr. Benin possesses BSc and MSc Mechanical & Energy Engineering degrees from Sweden and a Ph.D. (U.S.A) in Applied Management and Decision Sciences with focus on Engineering Management. Since 2013, Dr. Benin has been working for MODEC Ghana. He was the Warranty Manager for Jubilee FPSO and further managed “Ready For First Oil” for TEN FPSO. Currently, Dr. Benin is the Localisation Manager for MODEC Ghana and responsible for Local Content strategy execution, Government Liaison, and Managing Localisation of FPSOs operations across all locations and departments. In addition, Dr. Benin is currently a Part-time Lecturer at Regional Maritime University lecturing Project Management, Research Design, and Technical Report Writing. He has previous work experience with ABB in Sweden for 2 years and with Tema Oil Refinery for 7 years.
Dr. Papa Benin is a certified and experienced HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) Leader for studies in oil and gas processing units and has expertise and demonstrable track record in localisation management of FPSO operations. He is currently supporting MODEC Senegal and MODEC Ivory Coast with their Localisation and Local Content programs.