Mawuena Trebarh, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO)of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has been removed from her position by the President and replaced with Mr Yoofi Grant.
Mrs Trebarh was appointed into that office by former President John Dramani Mahama.
Mr Grant who has taken over from Mawuena is an investment banker with 30 years’ industry experience.
Yoofi Grant worked as an Executive Director of Databank Private Equity Limited between 2011 and 2012 as well as the Executive Director, Business Development of Data Bank Group from 2009 to 2010.
He was the transaction leader in the execution of a number of dealings including raising capital for Intercontinental Bank, the recapitalisation of Fidelity Bank Ghana, and also served as the lead Manager for UT Financial Services Ltd’s IPO at the time. Mr Grant also co- managed the divestiture of the Government of Uganda’s shares in National Insurance Corporation Limited (Uganda).
He holds a B.Sc (Hons) Psychology from the University of Ghana and studied for an M.Phil degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
