MTN Ghana CEO welcomes Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe to the Y”ello family
Date: 2023-05-10
Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh has taken to his official Linkedin social media platform to welcome the newly appointed Chief of Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer (CCSSO) of MTN Ghana, Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe to the MTN y”ello family.
“Welcome to the Y”ello Family, Adwo Wiafe. Really excited to have a talent, professional and great leader like you join the team. Looking forward to working with you as we strive to change the narrative for digital economy in Ghana and beyond,” he wrote in the post.
Adwoa
joins MTN from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), where she was a
member of the Executive team with overall responsibility for Legal and
Compliance and Regulatory Affairs.
She
succeeds Sam Koranteng, who became the first substantive male Corporate
Services Executive after two females had held the position. Sam retired in 2021
after a very successful run.
In
her new role at MTN Ghana, Adwoa will have oversight responsibility for the
Corporate Services function focusing on Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability,
Corporate Communications, and Commercial Legal departments. She will also serve
on the MTN Ghana Foundation Board as Executive Director for the Foundation.
Prior
to GNPC, Adwoa worked at the International Criminal Court, The Hague,
Netherlands; Saah & Partners, Ghana; and The Special Court for Sierra Leone, a
United Nations ad hoc war crimes court, and has also consulted for the United
Nations Mission in Liberia. She is currently an adjunct Lecturer for the LLM/MA
in Energy Law program at the University Of Ghana School Of Law, Legon, and has
contributed to papers and publications at the national and international levels.
Adwoa
holds a Master of Law degree (LLM) from the Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA; Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from St. Hugh’s College, Oxford
University, UK; Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) from Ghana School of Law
and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ghana, Legon.
By: Kanto Okanta
