ALLIED GHANA - Key Persons


Benson Nutsukpui

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Secretary
Mr. Nutsukpui is a lawyer with over 25 years of experience. He is the Managing Partner of Kuenyehia & Nutsukpui, a firm of private legal practitioners. He has advised numerous leading companies and organizations in Ghana and has been involved in the successful negotiation of very complex transactions on behalf of his clients. He has a wealth of experience in corporate and commercial litigation and transactions. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) where he served as the National Assistant Secretary, 1998-2001, the National Secretary, 2001-2007, the National Vice President, 2007-2009 and also as a member of the General Council of the GBA. He has also served as a member of the General Legal Council from 2001 to 2009. He is the GBA representative on the Ghana Prisons Services Council and since June 2011, has been the Acting Chairman for the Ghana Prisons Services Council. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the African Forum of the IBA.

Charles Arnold Obro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
Charles Arnold Obro (Mr) has a lot of international exposure in the areas of marketing and accounting. He attended the University of Ghana where he graduated with a BSc. (Hons) Degree in Administration. Mr Obro has extensive working experience with Ghana Meat Marketing Board; A. G. Leventis Company Limited (Lagos -Nigeria); Afariwaa Farms & Maridav Ghana Limited as well as some consultancy firms. He is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Multi-Hydro Technique.

Dan Kofi Okudzeto

Job Titles:
  • Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Founder and Executive Chairman of Allied Limited
Dan Kofi Okudzeto is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Allied Limited. He has over 25 years of Executive Level Management and Entrepreneurial experience in the Oil industry. Under his astute leadership, Allied has achieved its enviable success as one of the best managed Oil Marketing Companies in Ghana.Log Out In 1993, he founded Danicom Limited as a Fuel Haulage Company. This Company transports fuel for Oil Marketing Companies and Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company Limited (BOST). He is also the Founder of OilChannel Limited. OilChannel Limited was licensed by the National Petroleum Authority in 2008 as a Bulk Distribution Company (BDC). This license permits the company to import petroleum products for bulk distribution to Oil Marketing Companies in Ghana and for export to neighbouring countries. Dan Kofi Okudzeto is also an Estate Developer and has interest in other businesses. His unique ability to identify and exploit business opportunities in niche markets in the downstream oil sector, has won him a great deal of admiration among his contemporaries, industry regulators and captains of industry.

Elliot Mawuli Okudzeto - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Management Team
Elliot brings to the board of Allied, sixteen (16) years of industry experience in the areas of Operations, Business Development and Strategic Management. He drives the overall corporate strategic objectives of the organisation towards the achievement of long term profitability. Elliot has risen through the corporate ranks of the organization to become its Chief Executive Officer since 2014. He started his career as an Operations Assistant in 2001. By 2006 he was tasked by the Board to set up and head the Business Development Department; a position he excelled at par excellence. By dint of outstanding performance Elliot was promoted in 2011 to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Elliot is an alumnus of the prestigious Durham Business School and holds an MBA Degree. He also holds a certificate in E- Business Management from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts Degree (History &Law) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana. Also included in his academic profile are certificates in: International Oil Trading 2008 - The Petroleum Economist Energy Training - London International Oil Trading 2010 - CITAC, Ghana Executive Management & Leadership Development Program 2011 - Jeff & Obrien Training International, Dubai - UAE Investment Management Programme 2016 - The Academic Union Training Centre - Oxford Outstanding leadership 2018 - IIGD, Ghana- South Africa & Outstanding Leadership Forum Corporate Governance & Director Duties Excellence 2019 - Synnex - South Africa

Flora Woanyah-Vodzi

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Manager
Mrs. Flora Woanyah-Vodzi joined the Allied Oil Company 25 years ago, as a Front Desk Executive on February, 1 1999. She has since risen through the ranks of Administrative Secretary, Administrative / Deputy Human Resource Manager and currently the Human Resource Manager. She has unique competencies for corporate leadership and human relations. The tell-tale of her growth in Allied Oil Company is attributed to her selfless dedication, result-oriented style, time consciousness, focus to duty and outstanding performance. Flora currently holds Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Her first degree was Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Management Studies from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. She also has Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificate in Secretaryship and Management Studies from Ho Technical University (formerly Ho Polytechnic), Ho. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management (CIHRM), Ghana.

Kassim Suleman

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Kassim Suleman is a versatile construction professional with over ten years of extensive working experience in the construction industry. Before joining Allied Oil in 2015, he had worked with a number of construction and consultancy firms in various capacities. Notable among the organizations he worked with are Antartic Contract Works Limited as Project Supervisor, Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) as Engineering Technician, Procurement and Project Management Consultancy Limited (PPMC) as Project Manager, and Tacoa Construction Limited also as Project Manager. He holds Bsc in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and HND in Building Technology from Kumasi Polytechnic. His areas of expertise include Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Contract Administration, Architectural and Engineering Drawings. He is very proficient in handling various Engineering software such as AutoCAD, 3Ds Max, Ms Project, Excel, Photoshop among others.

Kwame Oppong

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager
Kwame brings more than 15 years of financial operations and management excellence to Allied Oil Company. For almost four years, he was the Group Finance Manager of a pioneer upstream oil and gas logistics support company, guiding the company on improving financial performance, increasing cash flow, and ensuring full legal and regulatory compliance, while inspiring teams and influencing growth through strategic injection of capital from financial institutions, and prudent financial policing processes. Kwame has also been involved with high profile companies, holding different positions in diverse industries in the West African sub-region. Prior to establishing a long term career in the oil and gas industry, he was a Project Controller of a $60m green building office and retail project in Ghana and $200m office project in Nigeria under a UK based private equity firm, Actis, where he was instrumental in undertaking project feasibility, financing and underwriting as well as managing cost and controls. He worked as a Finance Manager of a mining support plant hire company, and he expanded the company's asset based to $25m through strategic capital raising strategies and instituting strong internal control systems that delivered cost savings. Kwame has assisted in raising $53m Euro as debt and other capital structuring projects in a number of companies in Ghana. He is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds an MBA in Financial Services from the University of East London in the UK. His core focus at Allied oil is to;

Mr. Dan Attoh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chief Executive Officer of Blaise Construction Works Limited
  • Professional Accountant
Mr. Dan Attoh Agroh is a professional accountant with several years of working experience in the oil industry especially during his stewardship with Ghana Oil Company Limited. Mr. Agroh is the Chief Executive Officer of Blaise Construction Works Limited, a leading construction company in Ghana. He has over ten (10) years' experience as Chief Executive Officer in the volatile construction sector.

Nutepe Okudzeto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Prosper Fialeseshie - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Chief Operating Officer ( COO ) of Allied Oil Company
  • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accounting Ghana
Prosper is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accounting Ghana (ICAG) with over twelve (12) years of experience in the downstream petroleum industry especially in Finance, Accounting, Internal Controls, Treasury and Risk Management. Prior to being appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Allied Oil Company, Prosper was the Internal Control Manager. He and his team, successfully implemented controls in the areas of cash, stocks, procurements, credits and other assets which contributed heavily to the company's growth. Prosper joined Allied in the year 2011 as an intern and by dint of hard work and commitment, he rose through the ranks of Audit Officer, Deputy Internal Control Manager, Deputy Finance Manager, Internal Control Manager and now the Chief Operating Officer.

Richard Abeam-Danso

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager
As Marketing Manager responsible for our entire range of products (white oils, lubricants and specialty oils), Richard brings a wealth of industry experience to Allied. His career spans working at Mobil as a Sales Engineer, Business Performance Analyst and Business Coordinator for Lubes. He later moved to Dannex Ltd as the Sales and Distribution Manager. Richard was recruited in 2006 as a Lubes Engineer. He excelled at this position. He was instrumental in brokering Allied's current lubricant distributorship deal with Mobil Nigeria. His fortitude to maintain a sustainable and profitable portfolio has improved overall client default rates. In 2011 Richard was promoted to head the Marketing Department. Richard currently holds an MBA from GIMPA having acquired his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from KNUST.