Toni Aubynn appointed CEO of Minerals Commission

Former CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Dr Anthony Aubynn has been appointed as the CEO of the Minerals Commission. He succeeds Mr Ben Aryee.

Dr. Toni Aubynn has knowledge and experience in the extractives industry in Ghana, having had close to twenty years’ experience in this area.

He joined the Ghana Chamber of Mines as its Chief Executive Officer in October 2011.

Until this appointment, he was the Director of Corporate Affairs for Tullow Ghana Limited, the operator of the Jubilee Oil Fields in Ghana.

Prior to his Tullow appointment, Toni Aubynn worked for Gold Fields Ghana, the leading gold producer in Ghana, at various positions and for almost a decade, the Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainable Development.

Toni has been involved in a number of mining initiatives both in Ghana and internationally, including serving as the Chair of International Council of Minerals and Metals (ICMM) Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Working Group, Chair of the Association and Commodities Group (AGC) and a long-time member of the Strategic Management Advisory Group of the World Bank and DFID sponsored Community and Artisanal Small-scale Mining (CASM).