Ama LawsonGM, Human Resource
Mrs. Ama Lawson is the General Manager, Human Resources and Administration for Media General.She has over 24 years local and international work experience in the Banking, Outsourcing, Marketing, Construction sectors and the Media space.
Prior to her appointment at Media General, Mrs. Lawson was the General Manager, Human Resource & Service Quality at Heritage Bank Limited. She reported directly to the CEO and a key member of the Executive Committee. She was instrumental in policy formulation and implementation as well as championed the workplace culture change. She led the structuring of the bank’s operations within six months of being issued a Banking License and set up the Human Resource infrastructure for people management.
In her work life, Ama held various senior management positions at Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited as Head, Service Quality/Country Change Manager, Product Development Manager (Marketing) and Human Resource Relationship Manager.
She was Head of Corporate at LMI Holdings and General Manager, Human Resources, Training & Service Quality at Mon-Tran Limited. She has also worked with institutions such as Euroworld Computer Institute (London, UK) and Tesco PLC (London, UK). Her key strengths are leadership, strategy formulation & implementation and people management.
Mrs. Ama Lawson is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and holds an MSc in International Marketing from the London South Bank University (UK) and BSc Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Ghana.