Mawuena Trebarh

Mawuena Adzo Trebarh (born Mawuena Adzo Dumor) is Ghanaian business professional who has worked in both the private and public sectors.

Mawuena Trebarh
EducationBentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Board member ofMovenpick Ambassador Hotel Ghana
Spouse(s)Divine Kwesi Trebarh
Children1
Parent(s)Prof. Ernest Dumor, Mrs. Cecilia Dumor (née Gbeho)
Websitehttp://mawuenatrebarh.com

Mawuena Trebarh was the first female CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and the first female underground exploration geologist amidst a 10,000 strong male-workforce mine-site in the Ashanti Region.[1]

She is also the first female Board Chair of Movenpick Ambassador Hotel Ghana.

Early life & education

Mawuena Dumor was born in Accra, Ghana, to Professor Ernest Dumor and Mrs. Cecilia Dumor (née Gbeho). She was educated in Nigeria.[2]

Mawuena's maternal grandfather, Philip Gbeho, was the composer of the National Anthem of Ghana and the music master of Achimota School. Her paternal grandfather, Michael Dumor, was a pioneer in the Catholic Education Project in the Volta Region beginning from the 1930s.[3]

She is the eldest of three children by her parents and her siblings are the late Komla Afeke Dumor of the BBC and Dr. Korshie Dumor an internal medicine specialist based in the United States of America.[3]

Mawuena is a graduate of the University of Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria,[4] 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, Massachusetts in the US, in 2002.[5]

Career

NDC Campaign 2020

In 2020 she was named as the deputy spokesperson to the John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Election 2020 Campaign.[6] She serves as the spokesperson and Head of communications for the office of the vice presidential candidate, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang.[7][8][9]

Inspire Africa Consult

Mawuena is the Founding Director and Chief Business Strategist of Inspire Africa Consult, a business strategy-consulting firm.[10]

GIPC

Mawuena Trebarh was the first female to be appointed substantive Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)[11][12] from April 2013 to January 2017, where she was in charge of driving investment into the country.[13] During her time as CEO foreign direct investment of US$1.12 billion was recorded in the first quarter of 2015, representing an increase of over 1000% over the same period in 2014. As CEO, Mawuena increased the Centre's income from GHS 7.9 million (approx. USD $2 million) to GHS 18.1 million (approx. USD $5 million) in 36 months representing an increase of almost 230%.[14]

Scancom (MTN)

Mawuena Trebarh was also Corporate Services Executive for MTN Ghana from 2007 to 2011. During that period, she had oversight responsibility for corporate communications, government and regulatory relations, the MTN Ghana Foundation, legal and company secretarial duties covering all aspects of reputation management as corporate spokesperson for the company.[15]

Newmont

Mawuena Trebarh was the Manager of Communications for Newmont Ghana Ltd between 2003 and 2007, where she developed and oversaw the execution of the world's largest gold producer's public relations and communications strategies in Ghana, the West African sub-region and the African continent in general.[10]

She also promoted and maintained the company's image within Ghana through communications strategies including regular interaction with the news media, trade and interest groups, government officials and other stakeholders, as well as Newmont management within Ghana and at the corporate level.[16]

Ashanti Goldfields

Mawuena began her career at Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd in 1996 where she was the first female underground exploration geologist. During that period she planned and implemented exploration-drilling programs involving supervision of 15 to 20 men underground drilling teams with assignments at +5000 ft below surface.[5]

She was then invited to the Resource Evaluation Department, where she assisted in the generation of three-dimensional computer models of gold deposits in Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso. In this role she conducted a complex quantitative analysis of exploratory drilling data resulting in declaration of 80.4 million ounces of gold reserves at spot price of $300/oz over a two-year period and edited data reports for declared ounces quoted in all quarterly/ annual reports and corporate announcements.

She also worked as an investor Relations Officer at Ashanti Goldfields where she was responsible for retaining content expert status on strategic planning and new business development initiatives acting as primary interface between the company and international investment community, stock exchanges and senior analysts from Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, CIBC etc. She was also responsible for tracking international reactions to corporate announcements, made recommendations regarding market sentiments, counseling management on responses.

Personal life

Mawuena is married to Divine Kwesi Trebarh, a retired Flight Lieutenant of the Air force in the Ghana Armed Forces.[17] They have a daughter Katherine Joy. She has called for changes to business practices in Ghana and increased female representation in work and media.[18][19][20][21]

References
  1. "PEOPLE CHANGING THE FACE OF AFRICA – MAWUENA TREBARH, CEO OF GIPC | Pleasures Magazine". Pleasures Magazine. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  2. "Mawuena Trebarh dazzles on Personality profile - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  3. "Biography | Komla Dumor Foundation". komladumorfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. "Mawuena Trebarh dazzles on Personality profile - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  5. Ansong, Francis. "MAWUENA TREBARH, CEO OF GIPC - Ghana Embassy, Paris". www.paris.embassy.gov.gh. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  6. "What you need to know about the 3 spokespersons for NDC's Election 2020 Campaign". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  7. "Naana is a great person - Mahama". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  8. "Late President Mills' family calls on Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  9. "Thanksgiving service held for NDC running mate". Ghanaian Times. 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  10. "Mawuena Trebarh LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn.
  11. "Ms Mawuena Dumor Trebah To Head Investment Centre". News Ghana. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  12. "Ghana needs to diversify investment interests- Mrs Trebah". Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  13. Mawuena Trebarh (2017-10-24), Mawuena Trebarh On Translating Investment Into Development, retrieved 2018-04-03
  14. Mawuena Trebarh (2017-09-20), Business Today on Citi FM: Mawuena Trebarh - Part 1, retrieved 2018-04-03
  15. "MTN committed to helping bring". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  16. "Newmont pays 1.417 million dollar Royalty". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  17. Online, Peace FM. "Mawuena Dumor Gets Hooked". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  18. "Mawuena Trebarh calls for women participation in media". Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  19. "Rate of women participation in media activities in Ghana, low – Mawuena Trebarh | News Ghana". www.newsghana.com.gh. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  20. "Mawuena Trebarh is head of GIPC? | News Ghana". News Ghana. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  21. "Female leaders urged to be results-oriented |". vibeghana.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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