The Chief Executive Officer of Multimedia Group Limited, Mr. Kwasi Twum, is among 10 individuals honoured at the first Ghana's Most Respected Company and CEO Awards.

The CEO of Unique Trust Financial Services, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, emerged winner of the coveted prize for Most Respected CEO, 2007, while Databank Ltd, was awarded the Most Respected Company.

The prestigious event, held at the Banquet Hall of the State House, is organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers in association with the Business and Financial Times. It is to be made an annual event to engender good corporate governance and best industry practices in the business community.

The award winners were picked from a field of 103 applications peer-reviewed by their own colleagues and sets of stringent interviews by a research institution, Steadman Group, Ghana.

Among other requirements, winners were expected to show qualities such as unique and excellent leadership, resourcefulness, innovation, good corporate governance practices, promote human capital development, harmonious industrial relationship and high ethical standards.

Full list of awards

	Mr. Edmund Allotey Pappoe, Chief Finance Officer of Multimedia Group Ltd. receiving the meritorious award on behalf of MGL's CEO from Vish Ashiagbor of PricewaterhousCoopers

Most Respected CEO

1.Prince Kofi Amoabeng – Unique Trust Financial Services
2.Ken Ofori-Atta – Databank
3.Charles Coffie – Unilever Ghana Ltd
4.Margaret Mwanakatwe – Barclays Bank
5.Tony Oteng Gyasi – Tropical Cable and Conductor Ltd
6.Peter Osei-Duah – SIC Company Ltd
7.Kwasi Twum – Multimedia Group Ltd
8.Kwame Ofosu Bamfo – Bamsons Company
9.George Otoo – Enterprise Insurance Company Ltd
10.Ernest Bediako Sampong – Ernest Chemist

Most Respected Company

1.Databank
2.Unique Trust Financial Services
3.Unilever Ghana Ltd
4.Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd
5.Ecobank Ghana Ltd
6.Unique Insurance Company
7.Barclays Bank
8.Nestle Ghana Ltd
9.Interplast Company Ltd
10.Coca Cola Ghana Bottling Company Ltd


Author: Isaac Yeboah