This year’s Ghana Mining Industry awards has taken place with the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Golden Star Resources, Daniel Owiredu, adjudged the Mining Personality of the Year 2017. The event, the 4th edition by the Ghana Chamber of Mines is to celebrate excellence in the mining sector. Below is a brief Profile of Mr. Daniel Owiredu.

Mr. Daniel Owiredu is a distinguished alumnus of KNUST who holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi and an MBA degree from Strathclyde Business School in Scotland, UK; and indeed a proud fellow of the University Hall of KNUST.

He is a Ghanaian engineer with more than thirty (30) years of experience in the mining sector, of which twenty years is in a senior management position in Africa. Rising through the ranks of Assistant Mechanical Engineer (upon joining Ashanti Goldfields), Mr Owiredu became the first indigenous Chief Engineer of the underground mining operations at the Obuasi Mine.

He served as Managing Director for Ashanti Goldfields’ Bibiani Mine, Suguri Mine in Guinea and Obuasi Mine. He was then appointed the Chief Operating Officer West Africa and subsequently Deputy Chief Operating Officer Africa. He was also instrumental in the design, construction and the commissioning of the Obuasi Mine’s BIOX'r' plant, which at the time was the biggest biox plant in the world. This was commissioned two months ahead of scheduled and US3million under budget on completion.

Mr Owiredu was the leader of the executive taskforce which together with Johnson Harvey consultants crafted the growth strategy for Ashanti Goldfields under the leadership and guidance of Sir Sam Jonah.

In September 2006, Mr Owiredu joined Golden Star Resources Ltd as Vice President-Operations and in January 2013 was appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.

He is the immediate past President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines and now serves on the boards of the Anglican University, Golden Star Bogosso/Prestea Ltd and Golden Star Wassa Ltd.