{"id":74768,"date":"2014-12-17T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=74768"},"modified":"2014-12-17T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T10:52:06","slug":"penplusbytes-gets-new-board-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/penplusbytes-gets-new-board-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Penplusbytes gets new board chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
At its recently held meeting,\u00a0Penplusbytes Board of Directors, has elected\u00a0Mr. Bryan Pearson, an international publisher to steer the affairs of the organisation as board chair for a period of 4 years.<\/p>\n
He will be ably assisted by Mrs. Charity Binka as vice board chair.<\/p>\n
Elated by his election, Mr. Pearson thanked\u00a0Dr. Kwabena Riverson, his predecessor, the\u00a0 inaugural chair of the board for 4 years, for the leadership and strategic direction he provided for the organisation during its fledging growth.<\/p>\n
Mr. Pearson said \u201cPenplusbytes is at a critical stage in its organisational life. My vision is to drive its Pan-Africa growth by establishing offices and partnerships in key African countries to ensure Penplusbytes can provide more services to its growing international network of members.\u201d<\/p>\n
Penplusbytes\u2019 new chair, Mr. Bryan Pearson is also the MD of FSG Communications Ltd, publisher of Africa Health Journal (www.africa-health.com) since 1978; and MD of Asempa Limited, publisher of the 55 year-old Africa Confidential Newsletter (www.africa-confidential.com).<\/p>\n
He is also the MD of the Afrocet group of companies in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, which has become a leading deliverer of conferences, exhibitions and management training within the region. He is a leading observer on Nigeria, where he has spent a considerable part of his life.<\/p>\n
Mrs, Charity Binka\u00a0the newly elected Vice Chair of Penplusbytes, is a top journalist and a gender studies lecturer at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), where she served as the Manager of the GIMPA Gender Development and Resource Centre between 2009 to 2012.<\/p>\n