Simon Madjie appointed Acting CEO, GIPC
President John Mahama has appointed Simon Madjie as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).
Madjie will replace Dr. Bernice Makafui Brempong, who was appointed a few weeks ago but reassigned to the Jubilee House according to sources.
Simon Madjie is a lawyer, and an investment promotion and facilitation professional with over a decade of experience in initiating, leading, and strengthening investment and trade partnerships between the United States, Ghana, and Africa.
He is an Abshire-Inamori International Leadership Fellow from the
Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC. He is also a fellow of the Institute of International Affairs, Ghana, and a member of the Ghana Bar Association.
He has served as the Executive Secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana (AmCham) since 2009 responsible for facilitating trade and investment between the Republic of Ghana and the United States of America.
He works closely with Chamber Member companies, business coalitions, government officials (US & Ghana) and other business executives to advocate for US companies in Ghana.
He is also the coordinator of the Chamber’s AfCFTA Resource Center, an institution set up to bridge the information gap about Africa’s biggest trade agreement for international businesses.
He is also the convener of the Distinguished Speaker Series on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), a high-level public-private platform by the consortium of international trade associations in Ghana to discuss the pertinent issues impacting Ghana’s investment and business climate.
He served as a consultant to the formation of AmChams in Ethiopia, Angola, the Gambia, and Cote D’Ivoire. He served as one of the judges for the 2022 US Chamber of Commerce Africa Digital Competition, which unearthed some of Africa’s best tech startups.
He holds a master’s in international Trade Law from the University of Turin, the European University Institute, the United Nations Convention on International Trade (UNCITRAL) and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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