Alex Mould
Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ghana |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, banking professional |
| Known for | Former CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, former CEO of National Petroleum Authority |
| Relatives | Betty Mould-Iddrisu (sister) |
Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould is a Ghanaian politician and banking professional who formerly held the position of chief executive officer at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. Before his tenure at GNPC, Mould was the CEO of the National Petroleum Authority.
Early life and education
Alex Mould was born to W. J. Kwesi Mould from Jamestown, Accra and Felicia Awurafua Gsell from Ejuratia in the Kwabre area of the Ashanti. His father, W. J. Mould, was a businessman and nationalist who actively participated in Ghana's independence efforts, including representing the Gold Coast Farmers Association at the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester. In 1947, he was the second individual after George Grant to provide financial backing for establishing the United Gold Coast Convention. Alex’s sister, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, held positions as Minister for Education and Attorney-General.
For his secondary education, Mould attended Accra Academy from 1973 to 1978 and then completed his A-Levels at Accra High School between 1978 and 1980. Following his father’s passing in 1980, he enrolled at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1985. He further pursued a postgraduate diploma in Oil Marketing and Economics at the College of Petroleum Studies, affiliated with Oxford University, graduating in 1989. In 1994, he completed an MBA specializing in Finance, Accounting, and Decision Science at the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Northwestern University.
Career
Following graduation from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Mould undertook his mandatory one-year national service at the newly established Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in 1985. He was then employed as a chemical engineer and later promoted to special assistant to the CEO with a focus on marketing activities. In 1997, he left GNPC to join UBS Investment Bank as a senior associate working within Structured Trade Finance Americas until 1999.
From 1999 to 2001, Mould served as associate director of Commodity Finance at Standard Chartered Bank in New York before relocating to Standard Chartered’s Ghana branch where he held the position of Executive Director and Co-Head of Wholesale Banking until 2008.
National appointments
During the administration of President John Atta Mills in 2009, Mould was named CEO of the National Petroleum Authority, a role he maintained until 2012. In January 2013, under President John Dramani Mahama, he assumed leadership as chief executive officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, succeeding Nana Boakye Asafu Adjaye. He remained in this capacity until January 2017 when Mahama's term concluded and was succeeded by Kofi Koduah Sarpong.
Personal life
Mould is related to Betty Mould-Iddrisu, who served as Minister of Justice and Education during both Atta Mills’ and Mahama’s governments. He endured a family tragedy when his daughter, Naa Densua, passed away due to malaria on January 1, 2020 while vacationing in Mauritius.