Ghana Urban Water Limited (GUWL) has appointed Mr Senyo Theodore Amengor, as the new Managing Director.

GUWL is a subsidiary Company established by Government to manage the operations of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) after the exit of Aqua Vitens Rand Limited in June this year.

Mr Amengor was born in October 1955 at Peki in the Volta Region and joined the then Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation in August, 1980.

He was posted to the Eastern Region as Projects Engineer till February, 1984 when he was transferred to the Head Office as a Counterpart Engineer on a Canadian funded Urban and Rural water Project in Northern Ghana.

Mr Amengor designed and supervised the Water Supply Systems Improvement and Stabilisation Programme also in the Northern Region and worked as a Regional Engineer in the Ashanti and Central Regions and became the Regional Director of the Volta Region in March, 1997.

In October, 1999 he was transferred to the Brong Ahafo Region as the Regional Chief Manager, then to Tema Region in the Greater Accra Region when the area was divided in to three Operational Regions by the GWCL.

He was appointed the Regional Chief Manager for Accra West Region and General Manager for Projects in November, 2008.

Mr Amengor, who has a 32-year working experience in the water sector, was the Chief Operating Officer for the erstwhile Aqua Vitens Rand Limited and on several occasions acted as the Managing Director.

He currently holds an Executive Maters in Business Administration (EMBA) from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, a Master of Science degree from International Institute for Infrastructure, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft in the Netherlands.

He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Civil Engineering from 1975 to 1979.

Mr Amengor is an old student of Mawuli School and a member of the 1973/75 year group and attended Primary and Middle Schools in Wodeme, Peki Evangelical Presbyterian Middle Boarding School from 1960 to 1968.

He is a versatile Civil Engineering professional, specialised in Water Supply and environmental engineering, with a very rich experience in Personnel and Financial Management.

He has attended and participated in several professional courses and seminars, and holds Certificates in Professional Project Management, Management Development and Feasibility Studies.

He also has a Certificate in Spatial Planning to Guide Urban Infrastructure Investment from London, Certificate in Planning, Appraisal, Implementation and Management of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects and Programmes from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom and Certificate in Water Resources Management, Italy.

Mr Amengor was from 1988 to 1997 the staff representative on the Board of GWCL.