Ama Lawson

Ama Lawson chairs the Board of Trustees of the Simon Annan Foundation. She has over 24 years of local and international work experience across banking, marketing, outsourcing, construction and the media.

She has worked for Standard Chartered Bank, Heritage Bank Limited, Media General Limited, Mon-Tran Limited, LMI Holdings, Euroworld Computer Institute (London, UK) and Tesco PLC (London, UK). Her experience spans several roles, including human resource, general administration, training, change management and service quality, marketing and procurement.

She has a proven track record in leadership, strategy formulation and implementation, people management and change management. She holds an MSc in International Marketing from London South Bank University (UK) and a BSc in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Ghana, Legon.

She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana. Prior to her current role as General Manager, Human Resource at Media General Limited, Ama was General Manager, Human Resource and Service Quality at Heritage Bank Limited (defunct), and she has also held senior management positions in other organisations.

Ama has held various board-level positions, including Board Member of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences at the University of Ghana, Legon, and Board Member of the Apex Board HR Advisory Committee.