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ama gyamfuah Abrefa

Non-Executive Director

 Ama Gyamfuah Abrefa enjoys nothing more than seeing her clients fulfilled in the rather challenging world of mergers and acquisitions, structured financing, fundraising on capital markets, joint ventures and other allied work. Clients have described her diligent and focused approach as her twin superpower.

Ama Gyamfuah has focused on corporate finance and investment law over the last 15 years where she has built a remarkable profile in banking. She currently serves as the Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Stanbic Bank Ghana, of the highly regarded foreign banks in the country.  She was previously,

  • Senior Legal Business Partner for Investment banking and Global Market
  • Company Secretary for Stanbic Bank S.A in Ivory Coast
  • Assistant Company Secretary for Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, Stanbic Investment Management Services Limited (SIMS), and SBG Securities Ghana Limited

 

Directorship of Strategic National Boards

Ama Gyamfuah Abrefa served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) and the Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA), two ,critical growth poles for the rapid development of Ghana between 2020 and 2024. At GNPC, Ama used her vast experience in investment and finance law to assist the Board in making sound decisions in furtherance of Ghana’s strategic interest in the management of the oil found within the territorial borders of the country.

 At the GEA, she was highly involved in raising capital and procuring support for entrepreneurs through structured engagements with the Mastercard Foundation and other international fund agencies in an unprecedented drive to finance entrepreneurship. Both GNPC and GEA singled her out for praise due to her work ethic and commitment to finding solutions to all challenges. 

Ama Gyamfuah Abrefa has been a Solicitor and Barrister on the roll of the  Supreme Court of Ghana since 2007 and is a member of both the Ghana Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Her expertise has been honed over the years through a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Queen Mary University in London specialising in financial Securities and Derivates. She also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Sloan School of Management and Oxford University gaining extensive knowledge in Leading Digital Innovations and Managing Mining and Oil and Gas for National Development.

Reflecting her passion for football, Ama Gyamfuah Abrefa is a Board Member of Play Soccer, a nonprofit organisation that uses sport to empower children and youth in underserved communities. She actually volunteers as a mentor during activities throughout the year. Ama also boasts some electrifying dance moves but she must be compelled by family and friends before she hits the dance floor. She will not easily move but when she does, she is the ‘Dancing Queen’. She also enjoys Formula 1 Racing, Travel and Hanging out with family,

Ama Gyamfuah Abrefa is equally fluent in English and French.

  • Expert in building relationships at all levels of government, corporate, commercial and social contacts with more than fifteen years of relevant experience in Business Development, Entrepreneurship and Community Building.
  • More than 20 years of experience in the Media Industry traversing television and radio presentation as well as newspaper editing with a view to being in the forefront of the knowledge and research that yields impact on development.
  • Managed teams, supplied services and represented global brands like Samsung, Diageo, Vodafone and Airtel.
  • Particularly like challenging situations which require challenging abilities to mold differently and employ the needed tenacity to create the desired results. If It must be done, we seek new and innovative ways of bringing it to reality.
  • Invested with a passion to reduce the ‘negativity’ about Africa by growing knowledge and the business opportunities that can precipitate change for a better African Narrative.
  • Multi-dimensional background in Economics, Governance, Finance, Project Management, Literature, Media, Motivational Speaking and History.