Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe
Session Expiration
Your session will expire in {{countBack}} seconds, please select OK to continue your session
State President – South Carolina
Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe is Duke Energy’s state president in South Carolina, serving approximately 760,000 electric retail customers and 148,000 natural gas customers. He is responsible for the financial performance of Duke Energy’s electric utilities in South Carolina and managing state and local regulatory and government relations, and community affairs. He also has responsibility for advancing the company’s legislative and regulatory initiatives related to its electric operations.
Prior to assuming his current position in January 2017, Ghartey-Tagoe served as Duke Energy’s senior vice president of state and federal regulatory legal support, where he led the group responsible for delivering legal advice on state and federal utility regulatory matters.
He joined the company in 2002 as chief regulatory counsel for Duke Power. He has served as vice president, legal, for Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses organization. He has also served as Duke Energy’s general counsel for litigation, as well as vice president, legal – state regulation for Duke Energy’s Franchised Electric and Gas business. Before joining the company, Ghartey-Tagoe was a partner with McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond, Va.
Ghartey-Tagoe serves on the boards of directors for the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Palmetto Conservation Foundation, United Way of Greenville County and the board of visitors of Duke University Law School. He is also on the advisory board of Progress in Education Inc., a charitable and educational organization he helped found in 2000 to assist schools in Ghana to improve their quality of instruction and to promote cross-cultural understanding. In 2000, Ghartey-Tagoe was appointed by Gov. Gilmore of Virginia to serve on the board of visitors of Virginia State University, one of the nation’s most venerated historically black institutions of higher learning. He served on that board for three years.
In 2013, Ghartey-Tagoe received the Diversity Champion Award from the Charlotte Business Journal, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund honored him with an Award of Excellence for his outstanding achievements in the legal profession and his dedication to diversity in the workplace.
A native of Ghana, Ghartey-Tagoe earned a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts degree, with joint honors in economics and finance, from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business. In 2017, Ghartey-Tagoe was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by Francis Marion University. Ghartey-Tagoe and his wife, Phyllis, have three daughters.
Last updated July 3, 2019
Prior to assuming his current position in January 2017, Ghartey-Tagoe served as Duke Energy’s senior vice president of state and federal regulatory legal support, where he led the group responsible for delivering legal advice on state and federal utility regulatory matters.
He joined the company in 2002 as chief regulatory counsel for Duke Power. He has served as vice president, legal, for Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses organization. He has also served as Duke Energy’s general counsel for litigation, as well as vice president, legal – state regulation for Duke Energy’s Franchised Electric and Gas business. Before joining the company, Ghartey-Tagoe was a partner with McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond, Va.
Ghartey-Tagoe serves on the boards of directors for the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Palmetto Conservation Foundation, United Way of Greenville County and the board of visitors of Duke University Law School. He is also on the advisory board of Progress in Education Inc., a charitable and educational organization he helped found in 2000 to assist schools in Ghana to improve their quality of instruction and to promote cross-cultural understanding. In 2000, Ghartey-Tagoe was appointed by Gov. Gilmore of Virginia to serve on the board of visitors of Virginia State University, one of the nation’s most venerated historically black institutions of higher learning. He served on that board for three years.
In 2013, Ghartey-Tagoe received the Diversity Champion Award from the Charlotte Business Journal, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund honored him with an Award of Excellence for his outstanding achievements in the legal profession and his dedication to diversity in the workplace.
A native of Ghana, Ghartey-Tagoe earned a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts degree, with joint honors in economics and finance, from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business. In 2017, Ghartey-Tagoe was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by Francis Marion University. Ghartey-Tagoe and his wife, Phyllis, have three daughters.
Last updated July 3, 2019
