Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam currently serves as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance and is also a member of Parliament for the Karaga Constituency.
Before taking on his current role, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam held the position of Deputy Minister for Energy, where he was responsible for the Petroleum Sector. In 2005, he was appointed as the Deputy Regional Minister for the Northern Region.
Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has an extensive background in extractive industries and resource management. He has worked as a university lecturer, advisor on resource governance, and advocate for transparency in resource management on a global scale.
Before his role as Deputy Minister for Energy, he founded and served as the Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP). He has also held various positions in both public and private organizations, including Energy Policy Analyst at the Ministry of Energy in Ghana, Commissioner of the Ghana Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, and Africa Coordinator of extractive industries at Ibis.
For education, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam schooled at the Northern School of Business from 1988 to 1990. He holds a PhD in Petroleum Economics from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee in the UK, specializing in Petroleum fiscal policy in resource-led economies and resource governance. He also holds an MPhil in Economics and a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Cape Coast. Additionally, he is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana (ICEG).
He has completed professional development training at Columbia University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Harvard University in the US. Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam currently serves as the chairman of Ghana’s National Energy Transition Committee, chairman of the Gold for Oil Initiative, and Chairman of the New Producers Group, which consists of new oil and gas-producing countries worldwide.
