Former CEO of GIPC Mawuena Trebah is dead
The late Komla Dumor’s elder sister, Mrs. Mawuena Adzo Trebah, has sadly passed away. The circumstances of her death are currently unknown.
Mrs. Trebah carved a place in history by becoming the first female substantive Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) from April 2013 to January 2017. She held various high-ranking positions in her career, starting from being the first female underground exploration geologist at Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd. She also served as head of Corporate Communications at Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. and head of Corporate Service at Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN).
Furthermore, she was the founding director and Chief Business Strategist at Inspire Africa. Mrs. Trebah passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024, just before her birthday. She leaves behind her husband, Flt LT Divine Trebah, and their daughter, Katherine Joy.
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