The government on Friday appointed Mr John Kobina Richardson as the Chairman of the Interim Management Committee for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The other two members of the committee are Mr Robert Forson, Deputy Managing Director and Dr Ali Abugre, Administrative Manager both of TOR.

Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister of Energy in a statement on Friday said, 'following the changes in the management of TOR, an Interim Management Committee

(IMC), comprising a government representative and two management staff has been constituted to manage the refinery".

Mr Richardson is the Managing Director of British American Tobacco Company and the Merchant Bank, Ghana Limited. The statement said a substantive Chief Executive would be appointed in due course.