Joyce Adishetu Bawah Mogtari Presidential Adviser & Special Aide to the President of the Republic of Ghana.
A Nippon Foundation Scholar with a Master of Laws Degree (LLM) in International Marine
Transport Law from the prestigious IMO- International Marine Law Ins6tute in Malta, Joyce is a recipient of the IMO-Legal Commitee Chairman’s coveted award for the best student in
International Marine Transportation Law and a Certificate of Excellence in Marine Administration and Management.
She holds a Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) and is qualified for Law Prac6ce 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 Associa6on, the Women in International Shipping and Trade Associa6on (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 quali6es, is a team lead par excellence, a public speaker and communicator, a gender ac6vist, and a good governance, peace, and security policy prac6ce
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 interna6onal security and conflict resolu6on from the
Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Ins6tute, a Master of Arts degree in Development Communications, and a management certificate in Marine 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 fibeen (15) transport sector agencies under the supervision of the Transport Ministry, Joyce had oversight responsibility for avia6on, mari6me, 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.
