The Chief Executive of Ghana CEO Network, Ernest De-Graft Eqyir, has been confirmed with an Honorary Award by the Institute of Directors Ghana.
This is in recognition of his immense contributions to the cause of the institute and the promotion of good Corporate Governance in Ghana.
In accepting the special recognition award, Mr. Egyiri extended his sincerest regards from the Chief Executives Network Ghana.
Ernest De-Graft Egyir is an accomplished chief executive who has garnered a laudable reputation as a management consultant & an executive advisor to topmost CEOs in Ghana.
He is the Founder & CEO of the Chief Executives Network Ghana, an Accra-based CEO consultancy chamber with the overarching goal of empowering business leaders through peer-to-peer advisory, learning and networking conferences, CEO mentorship, and training to develop champions for growth and increased performance.
He is also the founder of the prestigious annual Ghana CEO Summit, the foremost business conference in Ghana. Among the key activities at the summit is the annual dialogue between the President of Ghana and selected topmost CEOs from the private and public sectors of Ghana.
Prior to founding the Chief Executives Network, Ernest had over 15 years of experience in corporate leadership roles with major global multinational franchises in Ghana, namely UCB Pharma Belgium, 1A Pharma, Germany, Denk Pharma, Germany, and Servier, France.
He holds an MBA in Project Management from University of Ghana Business School and BSc in Operations Management (First Class Honours).
He is a passionate philanthropist. Through the Ernest Egyir Foundation, he sponsors many university students from matriculation to graduation on various campuses in Ghana.
The foundation also sponsors many young people in Saltpond with various apprenticeship and skills development programmes. He rose to the occasion in the heat of the Covid-19 crises by leading the CEO Network to donate a substantial amount of money in support of the fight against the Covid-19
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