UNIL announces the appointment of Ms. Maidie Elizabeth Arkutu as the new Managing Director of the Company with effect from 1st May, 2013.
Ms. Arkutu is a Ghanaian and a professional marketer with vast experience in the FMCG Industry across several African countries. She has a post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK Board). She also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and French from Vesalius College, Belgium.
Ms. Arkutu has seventeen (17) years experience with Unilever Ghana, South Africa and French West Africa and has extensive experience both in Brand Building and Brand Development.
She also worked with Coca-Cola where she held several managerial positions all over Africa. She served on many projects where she chalked great successes.
Before her current appointment, she was the Brand Building Director for Unilever West Africa and a Board Member of Unilever Ghana Limited.
Issued in Accra, this 7th
day of May, 2013