Michael Edem Akafia studied International Commercial Litigation at the University College London, and obtained an LLM in International Dispute Resolution from the Queen Mary University of London.
He holds an MBA (Finance) from the University of Ghana Business School, a certificate in Environmental Law from the University of Pretoria and a BA (Economics and Geography) from the University of Cape Coast.
As a lawyer, Mr. Akafia has a Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law, and an LLB from the University of Ghana School of Law.
Michael Akafia joined Gold Fields in 2010 and has been the Vice President and Head of Legal and Compliance since March 2015.
He has a multi-disciplinary background in law, economics, tax and finance and was licensed by Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission in 2009 as an Investment Advisor’s Representative.
He was admitted by the Chartered Institute of Taxation as a Tax Practitioner in 2016, licensed by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority as pensions funds trustee in 2014 and the Registrar of Companies as an Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor in 2023.
Michael Akafia has previously worked for SIC Financial Services Limited (SIC-FSL) as Head of Legal and Company Secretary, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa, and Ankomah law firm as an Associate, and for Lawfields Consulting as Research and Legal Assistant.
He previously lectured business law and jurisprudence at Zenith University College and served on several Boards including Enterprise Tier 2 Pension Scheme.
He is a past Chairman of the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Ghana Chamber of Mines.
