Isaac Osei is the former Member of Parliament of Subin Constituency in the

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. He is also the former managing director of Tema Oil Refinery and

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of the

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and one time

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High Commissioner to the UK. Osei serves as the chairman of

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, Algebra Securities Ltd, Algebra Capital Ltd, and Intravenous Infusions Ltd.

Early life and education

Isaac Osei was born on March 29, 1951, at Ashanti Newtown in the

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. He attended the State Primary School in Kumasi from 1957 to 1960 and thereafter attended Achimota Primary School from 1960 to 1963. He entered

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in 1963. After completing Achimota School in 1970, he studied at the

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where he graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Economics in 1973. He further studied Mathematics and Statistics at the Economics Institute at the

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in Boulder, USA. Osei, in addition, holds a master's degree in Development Economics, from

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in Massachusetts,

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from 1976 to 1977.

Career

He began his career at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Ghana where he worked at the Industry, Mining and Forestry Division prior to moving into the Macro- Economic Section of the Ministry. He founded Ghanexim Economic Consultants Ltd and consulted for the World Bank,

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and the Ghana Government on several projects in Ghana. Mr. Osei was also the managing director for E.K Osei & Engineers & Contractors Company, as well as Intravenous Infusions Ltd, the largest manufacturer of intravenous infusions and small volume injectable in West Africa. Osei is an economist by profession. He is currently the chairman of

. He was previously the

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and the

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Political life

Osei was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland (2001–2006). Whiles in London, he was elected to the position of chairperson at the board of governors of the

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, UK. As chief executive officer of

(Cocobod) in 2006, Mr Osei led the Board to make investments in yield-enhancing schemes, cocoa disease and pests control as well as trade logistics infrastructure which saw Cocobod attaining an astounding production target of one million tonnes of cocoa within three years, a record unmatched at the time. He served as vice-chair of the executive committee of the International Cocoa Organization and was a member of the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy. He served as chairman of Cocoa Marketing Company (UK) Ltd and was a member of the board of Aluworks Ghana Ltd, Cocoa Processing Company Ltd and WAMCO. He served as the managing director of Intravenous Infusions Limited, prior to his appointment as High commissioner of Ghana to the

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and Ambassador to Ireland by John.A. Kufuor. He served in that capacity from 2001 to 2006. He stood as a Member of Parliament on the

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ticket for the Subin Constituency in 2008 and won. During the

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s he obtained 45,058 votes out of the 61,195 valid votes cast which sums up to 73.6%. In 2010 he stood as a presidential candidate for the 2010 New Patriotic Party presidential primary election. He came third after Alan John Kyeremanten, while the President of Ghana

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was elected as flagbearer of the

. He was appointed CEO of

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in 2017 until his resignation in 2019. He has been credited with embarking on a needed shutdown maintenance to improve the performance and reliability of the refinery after it had missed three cycles of scheduled shutdown maintenance prior to his appointment. The former TOR MD is also credited with the payment for a 120tph steam boiler which increases steam generation capacity for plant operations and ensures the reliability of the Refinery's utility system.

Personal life

He is a Christian (Catholic), who is married with five children, three of whom are lawyers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osei, Isaac Living people Ghanaian Roman Catholics University of Ghana alumni New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 High Commissioners of Ghana to the United Kingdom 1951 births