Nana Appiah Kyei – Kosmos Energy Ghana – Panellist

Nana Appia is the Commercial and New Ventures Director of Kosmos Energy Ghana. Prior to joining Kosmos, he was the Director of Exploration, Appraisal and Field Development of Tullow Ghana Limited and led the appraisal, development and production of the Jubilee and TEN Oil Fields. He was a member of Tullow Plc’s Global Exploration Leadership Team, having previously held the roles of Exploration Manager and Subsurface Manager of Tullow’s flagship Jubilee Oil Field. With geophysics as background, Appia has held technical and leadership roles of progressive seniority in Africa and the UK North Sea in Exploration, Appraisal and Field Development with
Phillips Petroleum Corporation Europe & Africa, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Atlantic Richfield Corporation (Arco), BP and Tullow Oil.
Appia is currently a non-executive Director of the Bui Power Authority, a former Executive Director of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and a former member of the Governing Board of the West Africa Gas Pipeline Authority. He graduated from Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK with BSc (Hon) in Mining Engineering and holds an MSc in Applied Geophysics from University of Birmingham, UK as well as an MBA from the City University Business School, London, UK.