The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has sworn into office new Governing Council members for a two-year period.
The investiture ceremony was conducted by Justice Rebecca N.S. Sittie, Justice of the High Court, at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra last Friday.
The 17-member Governing Council has Dr Daniel Kasser Tee, a Senior Manager at Ecobank and Deputy Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications for Ecobank Ghana and Anglophone West Africa (AWA), as its National President with Mrs Agnes Emefa Essah, Marketing & Sale Director/Consultant, Nyaho Medical
Centre as the National Vice President.
Also inducted into office were Franklin Sowa, Director of Marketing and Sales, Graphic Communications Group as the National Secretary and Shirley Acquah-Harrison the CEO of Kwikbrand Ghana Limited as National Treasurer.
Supporting the National officers as Governing Council members are; Theodore Osae, Managing Director,
NCR Ghana, Kwasi Kyere, Commercial Manager, Ghacem, Annie Babah-Alargi, Managing Consultant, Customer Matters Ltd, Mr Paul Yao Asafo, Head, Agency Training, Prudential Life Insurance, Kojo Demanya, Head of Marketing, Rana Motors, Emmanuel Neequaye, Marketing Consultant and Marketing Lecturer,
Simon Page College of Marketing, Doris Adabasu Kuwornu, Director Enigma Images Ltd, Mary Asaa Ackuaku, Marketing Analyst, Barclays Bank Ltd and Mr Kojo Mattah, MD of ARB Apex Bank and immediate
past President.
The remaining four institutional representatives drawn from selected Ministries and relevant Business Associations are; Olivia Opoku Adomah (Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture), Ebenezer Paul Adjirackor (Ministry of Trade and Industries), Grace Amey-Obeng (Association of Ghana Industries) and
Fredrick Adu Amoako (Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industries).
In his acceptance speech on behalf of the new council, the President, Dr Kasser Tee said “We humbly accept
the responsibilities that we are being entrusted with and, accordingly, make a solemn promise to serve and
serve well.”
He added that “I would like to assure you of our commitment to work conscientiously to carry further our
collective aim of building a viable, vibrant and reputable professional body with national and international
recognition and acceptance.”
He said “In doing this, we shall be guided by the Institute’s constitution and collective
decisions of members.”
According to him, “the Institute’s main object of operating as an independent autonomous professional
body to set standards and regulate the practice of marketing in Ghana will never be lost on us”.
He commended the past Council, under the leadership of Kojo Mattah, for their good work, which he said
will be an inspiration to guide the new team.
He also paid glorious tribute to all past presidents of the institute
and assured members that the new team will collectively ensure that the aims of the CIMG are achieved.