Joyce Adishetu Bawah Mogtari has been named the Presidential Adviser and Special Aide to the President of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, January 21.
A Nippon Foundation Scholar with a Master of Laws Degree (LLM) in International Maritime Transport Law from the prestigious IMO-International Maritime Law Institute in Malta, Joyce is a recipient of the IMO-Legal Committee Chairman’s coveted award for the best student in International Maritime Transportation Law and a Certificate of Excellence in Maritime Administration and Management.
She holds a Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) and is qualified for Law Practice both in Ghana and in England and Wales, and is a Partner in the law firm, Praetorium Solicitors. Joyce is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, the African Women Lawyers Association, the Women in International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA), a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics (CILT) Ghana, and an alumnus of the US-International Visitor Leadership Programme.
She has sterling leadership qualities, is a team lead par excellence, a public speaker and communicator, a gender activist, and a good governance, peace, and security policy practice advocate. She is a proud product of three of Ghana’s foremost secondary schools—Wesley Girls’ High School, St Francis Girls’ Secondary School, and Tamale Secondary School.
She also holds a Master of Arts (MA) in international security and conflict resolution from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Institute, a Master of Arts degree in Development Communications, and a management certificate in Maritime Law with over 20 years of post-qualification experience.
Joyce served as Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Transport from May 2013 to January 2017. She was responsible for the formulation, dissemination, and implementation of the government’s transportation policy for the fifteen (15) transport sector agencies under the supervision of the Transport Ministry. Joyce had oversight responsibility for aviation, maritime, inland waterways, railways, and road transport services.
Before she was appointed deputy minister, Joyce served as Director, Legal and Estates, and Solicitor Secretary of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, a Ghana Club 100 Company. Joyce is adventurous, a dreamer, and is inspired by her family. She has recently become a contributor to a book, A Compendium of Stories. Her hobbies include coaching, reading, writing, traveling, and exercising. Joyce is married and is blessed with four children.
