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<\/a>The wrangling in Ecobank which led to the appointment of Mr Essien had been keenly monitored by industry players for months.<\/p>\n
Prior to his appointment Albert Essien was the deputy chief executive of the bank and was in charge of the corporate and investment banking arm for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n According to him running the bank had been his dream from the onset.<\/p>\n ‘Immediately I got into Ecobank I said I will run that bank, i told myself, i will become the MD of the bank.<\/p>\n There is nothing wrong with having ambitions it’s how you mange them, there should be no crab mentality, you should not stand on the shoulders of others to get to the top.’ He said.<\/p>\n Then came the big shocker, in that same month, the announcement that, the Co-Founder of Data bank Keli Gadzekpo had stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank, a position he had occupied since 2012 after Ken Ofori-Atta resigned due to health reasons.<\/p>\n Keli Gadzekpo together with Ken Ofori-Atta and James Akpo (Togbe Afede XIV) set up Databank in 1990.<\/p>\n Mr Gadzekpo moved to Enterprise Group as its new CEO after his resignation from Data bank.<\/p>\n Keli Gadzekpo in an interview with Citi Business News said his new role is \u2018an opportunity for him to shift emphasis from stewardship and overseeing governance as a director, to leading the company at an exciting time in its 90 year history\u2019.<\/p>\n This appointment was an interesting one because it was the first time a woman had been put at the helm of affairs of a telecom company in the history of the country.<\/p>\n Prior to this appointment we had seen the likes of Mawuena Trebah, Ursula Owusu among others who played key roles in the industry some years back, but not to that height.<\/p>\n Though not Ghanaian and Swedish by birth Ms Roshi Motman\u2019s appointment showed the industry after all was not one, that was male dominated.<\/p>\n Then in April came the appointment of Lucy Quist as MD of Airtel.<\/p>\n Lucy Quist became the first Ghanaian woman and the second woman in the history of the country to be appointed to head a telecommunications company.<\/p>\n Lucy\u2019s technical and business acumen, industry experience and in country perspective have so far played a pivotal role in driving the company\u2019s journey outside the traditional consumer arena.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>
\nThen came the appointment of Roshi Motman as the MD of Tigo in the same month.<\/p>\n<\/a>