Lucy Quist

Lucy Quist
Quist at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London in 2020
Born
Lucy Afriyie

1974 (age 49–50)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityGhanaian-British
Alma mater
Occupations
Known forFirst Ghanaian woman CEO in telecommunications industry
Websitehttps://lucyquist.com/

Lucy Quist, née Afriyie, (born c. 1974) is a Ghanaian-British business and technology executive.[1][2] She is a managing director for Morgan Stanley[3]

Early life and education

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Born in London to Ghanaian parents, Peter and Mary Afriyie, Lucy Quist spent her formative years in both Europe and Africa. She went to Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast and attended sixth-form college at the Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School. She went on to study at the University of East London and graduated with a first-class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She holds an MBA from INSEAD in France.[1][4]

Career

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In her early working life, she was an Electrical and Electronic Engineer at Ford Motor Company, and attained her Chartered Engineer certification. She joined the Royal Bank of Scotland as a change manager before switching to the telecommunications industry in 2008 at Millicom International Cellular, working in business development, sales, distribution, and marketing. Lucy Quist was appointed Head of Strategy and Planning at Vodafone's Ghanaian subsidiary. In addition, she oversaw the company's wholesale and enterprise businesses. She served as the CEO of Airtel Ghana and in 2017, she moved on after serving for three and half years.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In her leadership role, she advocated for greater youth STEM participation in Ghana through her company's corporate social responsibility initiative.[13][14][15][16][17] She founded Quist Blue Diamond.[18] She also co-founded FreshPay payment platform in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Executive Women Network. In September 2018, she was appointed by FIFA as their Vice President of the Normalization Committee to restructure football in Ghana.[19] She is currently a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in its London office. She has also been engaged on the public speaking circuit at events such as the Mobile World Congress, Hogan Lovells African Forum 2017, Pan African Women Forum, TEDxEuston, Wharton Africa Business Forum, the Sanford C. Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics Conference at Columbia Business School and the African Development Investment Convention.[20][21][22][23][24]

Boards and directorships

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Quist serves on several international and local boards of organisations including the:[25]

Works

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  • The Bold New Normal: Creating The Africa Where Everyone Prospers (2019)[26]

Awards and honours

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Quist has received the following awards:[11][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]

  • 8th Most Influential Public Figures - Ghana Social Media Rankings (2016)
  • Corporate Leadership Award, Ghana Legacy Honours (2017)
  • Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana (WomanRising)
  • 100 Most Influential Ghanaian Women, WomanRising
  • CSR CEO of the Year, Ghana CSR Excellence Awards (2015)
  • Telecom CEO of the Year, GITTA Awards (2016)
  • Excellence in Corporate Responsibility, Ghana Women of the Year Honours (2016)
  • 58th Most Influential Person in Ghana, Ghana's Most Influential Awards (2016)
  • CIMG Marketing Woman of the Year, CIMG 2015 Awards (2014)
  • Special Recognition to the Telecom Industry, GTA (2015)
  • BBC's Power Women

References

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  1. ^ a b "Meet Lucy Quist: the most powerful woman in Ghanaian football". Graphic Online. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ The KSM Show (31 July 2016), KSM Show- Lucy Quist, CEO of Airtel Ghana hanging out with KSM part 1, archived from the original on 12 January 2018, retrieved 5 August 2017
  3. ^ "Lucy Quist | Managing Director, Morgan Stanley". WeAreTechWomen - Supporting Women in Technology. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Meet Lucy Quist: The most powerful woman in Ghanaian football". www.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Airtel attributes sterling growth to deep consumer insight and connection | Companies -". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Ghana News - Airtel Ghana's phenomenal growth pushes it to number 3 in data subscription". www.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Airtel Ghana - At The Forefront of Ghana's Digital Innovation And Transformation". www.marcopolis.net. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Airtel wins CIMG Brand Activation Program of the Year". 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Lucy Quist, the dynamic force behind the fastest growing telecommunications company in Ghana - Business World Ghana". 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  10. ^ Quashie, Sena (23 May 2016). "Telecoms Awards: Airtel sweeps four awards at Ghana ICT and Telecom Awards 2016 - Telecom". Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Airtel Sweeps Four Awards At Ghana Telecom Awards 2015". 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Ghana News - Director of Vodafone Business Solutions to head Airtel Ghana". myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  13. ^ Evolve with STEM, 29 February 2016, archived from the original on 12 January 2018, retrieved 24 June 2016
  14. ^ "Ghana: Airtel's Evolve With Stem Initiative Reaches Central & Brong Ahafo Regions". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  15. ^ Quashie, Sena (16 December 2015). "'Evolve with STEM': Airtel Ghana launches initiative to promote study of STEM - Campus - Pulse". Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  16. ^ "STEM Advocate - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  17. ^ Lucy Quist STEM Citi FM, 4 May 2016, archived from the original on 12 January 2018, retrieved 5 August 2017
  18. ^ "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  19. ^ "FIFA appoints four-member GFA normalisation committee". Graphic Online. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  20. ^ "The Mobile World Congress 2017 - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  21. ^ "PressReader - THISDAY: 2017-07-04 - Hogan Lovells Africa Forum brings Energy, Innovation, Infrastructure, and Investment into Focus". Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017 – via PressReader.
  22. ^ "Airtel Ghana CEO courts investors for African telecoms". BiztechAfrica. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  23. ^ "#CHANGINGOURSTORY - The Pan-African Weekend '17 - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Restoring Trust: Keynote Address", Columbia Business School, 26 January 2017, archived from the original on 21 June 2017, retrieved 5 August 2017
  25. ^ "The Exploratory. STEM+LOVE=A better world » Meet our advisors: Lucy Quist. STEM champion. Trailblazer in engineering and business". 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  26. ^ "The Bold New Normal". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  27. ^ "Airtel Ghana ranks in top two most influential telco; CEO Lucy Quist ranked most Influential non-politician". www.myjoyonline.com. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  28. ^ Sam Jonah, Anna Bossman, Ozwald Boateng, others honored at Ghana Legacy Honors, 25 March 2017, archived from the original on 8 April 2017, retrieved 29 March 2017
  29. ^ "Sam Jonah, Anna Bossman, Ozwald Boateng, others honored at Ghana Legacy Honors". Archived from the original on 28 March 2017.
  30. ^ "WomanRising Names Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana - LeadersGH". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  31. ^ "WomanRising 100 Most Influential Ghanaian Women". womanrising.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  32. ^ "Kokui Selormey, Lucy Quist, Wiyaala among 100 Most Influential Ghanaian Women". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  33. ^ "Lucy Quist Picks Up CSR CEO Of The Year In The Light Of The Company's Impactful CSR Programmes". ModernGhana.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  34. ^ Allotey, Godwin Akweiteh (24 May 2016). "Airtel boss crowned Telecom CEO of the year". citifmonline. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  35. ^ "Photos: Lucy Quist, Grace Nortey, others celebrated at Ghana Women Of The Year Honours". www.myjoyonline.com. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  36. ^ Afanyi-Dadzie, Ebenezer (12 May 2016). "Otabil named most influential Ghanaian; check the full list". citifmonline. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  37. ^ "Marketing Woman of 2015: Lucy Quist, the Managing Director of Airtel Ghana". www.marcopolis.net. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  38. ^ Kent, Mensah. "African kids must dream big – Airtel boss Quist". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  39. ^ "Ghana News - Airtel Ghana MD, Lucy Quist is CIMG Marketing Woman Of The Year". www.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  40. ^ "Lucy Quist - No. 1 Online Community for Women". Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  41. ^ "How one Ghanaian woman leads with laughter". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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