The Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone Ghana, Uche Ofodile has left the group.

Joy Business has learnt she is moving to take up a higher position with a different company in South Africa and her resignation takes effect from Friday June 20. Uche served Vodafone for five years.

She joined Vodafone in 2009 as the Head of Strategy, Brand and Communications when Vodafone had just acquired majority shares in Ghana Telecom. In 2011, she took over as Chief Marketing Officer and is credited with the development of several initiatives which enhanced the company’s revenue and market share. This includes Vodafone’s CSR initiative, Healthline.

She also played a critical role in the telecom company’s movement from number four in 2009 to number two currently - for both revenue market share and subscriber numbers.