Nana Addo fires Mawuena Dumor as GIPC CEO

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fired Mawuena Dumor Trebah

Mrs Trebah was appointed by former President John Mahama.

She worked as a Corporate Affairs Executive of MTN Ghana, a mobile telecommunications company and a Communications Manager at Newmont Ghana Limited, a gold mining company.

Until her exit from the telecommunications company, Mawuena was the face of MTN. Most of the public that had business to do as well as the patrons of the MTN network identified Mawuena with MTN.

She is a graduate of the University of Jos in the Plateau State of Nigeria, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Mining in September 1996.

She later studied for an MBA in Management and Strategic Planning at the McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley College, Waltham, Maryland in the USA, in 2002.

Before then she had worked with Ashanti Goldfields as the Investment Relations Officer.

She later joined Newmont Ghana (2003 to 2007) as Manager, Communications.

Mawuena moved on to MTN in 2007 as Corporate Services Executive and resigned in August 2011.

During her stay with MTN, she developed, managed and executed an overall reputation management strategy for the company.

She was also responsible for the promotion of the company’s image in all areas of the business within Ghana through communications strategies, including regular interaction with the media, trade and interest groups, government officials and other stakeholders.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Yoofi Grant as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).

His appointment will however be confirmed after the constitutionally required advice of the governing council of the centre, is given in consultation with the Public Services Commission..

Mr Grant is an investment banker with 30 years’ industry experience and has a broad knowledge of African markets.