Kweku Awotwi
Kweku Awotwi | |
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| Born | Kweku Andoh Awotwi |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | Yale University and Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
| Board member of | United Bank for Africa (Ghana), Multimedia Group Ltd |
Kweku Andoh Awotwi is a Ghanaian businessman, engineer, and mining executive. He currently serves as the Board Chairman of United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Ltd and Multimedia Group Ltd in Ghana, and co-founded the non-profit organization, Playsoccer Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Early life and education
[edit]Awotwi holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Economics, and Political Science from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Stanford Graduate School of Business in Stanford, California[8][9]
Career
[edit]Awotwi began his career as an electrical engineer, working in the United States where he designed integrated circuits at ITT - Advanced Technology Center and later at GE/RCA David Sarnoff Laboratory from 1984 to 1988. In 1990, he joined Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation.[10][11]
In 1998, he was appointed as managing director of strategic planning and new business development at Ashanti Goldfields Company until 2004.[12]He later moved to Ghana's Volta River Authority (VRA) as chief executive officer from 2009 to 2013 and subsequently served as board chairman of Stanbic Bank (Ghana) Ltd from 2012 to 2018.[13][14][15]
In 2018, Awotwi was appointed executive vice president and managing director of Tullow Oil plc (UK) and Tullow Ghana Ltd until 2020[16][12][17][18][19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ Africa, United Bank for. "UBA Ghana Appoints Kweku Andoh Awotwi As Board Chairman". UBA Ghana. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ admin (2022-03-02). "UBA Ghana Board Chairman commends outgone Managing Director". Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ info@theghanareport.com, Sefanam Agbobli / (2020-08-03). "Kweku Awotwi appointed board chairman of UBA Ghana". The Ghana Report. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "UBA Ghana Board commends outgoing MD Olalekan Balogun".
- ^ Kwade, Freeman (2023-10-31). "FMS Public Lecture: Kweku Awotwi advocates a comprehensive approach to crisis management". UPSA. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Asamoah, Daniel. "Kweku Awotwi extols outgoing UBA Ghana Managing Director – National Banking College". Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Board of Directors - The Multimedia Group". www.multimediaghana.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Kweku Awotwi". Yale Young African Scholars. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Asamoah, Daniel. "UBA Ghana appoints Kweku Andoh Awotwi as board chairman – National Banking College". Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Kweku Awotwi". Ghana CEO Summit. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Kweku Awotwi". cenpowergen.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ a b "Kweku Awotwi | African Energy". www.africa-energy.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Volta River Authority | News - VRA Board Chairman Inducted Into Ghana Corporate Hall Of Fame". www.vra.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Kweku Awotwi appointed board chair of Volta River Authority - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Boateng, Kojo Akoto (2018-02-15). "Tullow Ghana appoints Kweku Awotwi as Managing Director". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Kweku A Awotwi, Chief Executive, Volta River Authority (VRA): Interview - Africa 2013 - Oxford Business Group". oxfordbusinessgroup.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Tullow Ghana's Kweku Awotwi bows out as Al Monthiry takes over - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Starrfm.com.gh (2020-05-18). "Tullow MD Kweku Awotwi retires". Starr Fm. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Larnyoh, Magdalene Teiko (2020-05-21). "Here is why the outgoing Managing Director, Kweku Awotwi, is retiring early from Tullow Ghana". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "I am open to serving in the oil sector again – Kweku Awotwi - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
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