GHANA – The Ghana Airports Company Limited has appointed Pamela Djamson-Tettey as its new Managing Director, effective February 18.
The appointment follows an emergency meeting by the Ghana Airports Company Limited Board held on 16th February 2022.
At the meeting, the Board also accepted the resignation of the immediate past Managing Director, Yaw Kwakwa.
Djamson-Tettey assumed the position as the sixth Managing Director of the company since it was established in 2007.
She now become the third woman to lead the state-owned company that has exclusive responsibility for developing, maintaining, planning and managing airports in Ghana.
Until her appointment, Pamela was the Director of Communications and Outreach at the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA).
In her previous role, she was responsible for the successful management and implementation of all communications and stakeholder engagement strategies under Compact 2.
Pamela is an experienced Corporate Communications Executive with over 25 years’ experience; 18 years in senior management and nine years’ experience in the mining industry.
Her areas of expertise include Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Communications, Branding, Media and Public Relations, Investor Relations, Government, Diplomatic Relations and Sustainable Development Management.
Prior to joining MiDA, Pamela was the Head of Corporate Affairs at Gold Fields Ghana, where she led the Public Policy, Sustainable Development, Government Relations, Communications, Media and Sponsorship Objectives of the company.
She had earlier worked at Ashanti Gold Fields Company Limited where she held the position of Senior Public Affairs and Investor Relations Officer.
From 2001 to 2009, Pamela was the Executive Director and Director Corporate Relations at Diageo Ghana- Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL).
As a member of the Board of Directors of GGBL and a key member of the GGBL Executive team her roles included a wide range of business critical agendas.
Additionally, Pamela has attended several courses: Investor Relations for Senior Managers – NYSE, Strategic Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement & Networking Strategy, among others.
She is an ‘Accredited’ member of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana.
For her current appointment, Pamela is coming into the position with a well-networked confident approach fused with integrity.
She is strategically astute and possesses a strong a strong ability to build sustainable relationships with excellent interpersonal communication and language skills.
Pamela also has excellent analytical skills with a strong bias for political Science, Government Relations, Community relations, Environment, International Relations and Diplomatic protocols.
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