Emeafa Hardcastle

Victoria Emeafa Hardcastle is a Ghanaian lawyer, energy expert and legal practitioner. In January 2025, John Mahama appointed her as acting chief executive officer of the Petroleum Commission.

Education Hardcastle had her BA in law and sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon. She further had her LLM in banking and finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science as a Chevening scholar. She also had her BL from the Ghana School of Law.

Career Hardcastle is a member of the Ghana Bar Association.

Awards Hardcastle received the F.K.A. Apaloo Prize for Company Law. It was alleged she confronted Annoh-Dompreh and said: "You are threatening me that you are taking me on because who are you? What do you mean by taking me on? You are a micro-minority. Doesn’t Afenyo-Markin himself use that phrase? I don’t have time for that. You think you can bully me here?" She later apologized to him.

The Minority caucus in the Parliament of Ghana condemned her conduct and called for action against her.

Haruna Iddrisu also condemned the incident and apologised on her behalf.