Hon. Thomas Z. Gonkerwon is an electrical engineer and energy expert with more than 30 years of experience in Liberia's electricity sector. As Deputy Managing Director for Operations, he oversees LEC's day-to-day power delivery.

His LEC career began in 1989 as Operations and Maintenance Engineer for the gas turbine plants, followed by roles as Substation Engineer, Assistant Manager and Manager of Transmission and Distribution, Deputy Managing Director for Operations (2001–2004), Executive Director for Distribution and Transmission, and interim Managing Director in 2024. He returned as Deputy Managing Director for Operations in 2025. Outside LEC, he has worked with the Ministry of Public Works, Firestone Plantation Company, Sawyer & Associates and the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, where he received the Embassy's Mission Honour award.

He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Liberia and an Advanced Diploma in Electricity from the Booker Washington Institute, with certificates from the Liberia Institute of Public Administration and the U.S. National Foreign Service Institute. He is a past Secretary, Vice President and President of the Engineering Society of Liberia.