AmCham Ghana Appoints New Members To Its Board Of Directors

The American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, appointed two new members to its Board of Directors at the 19th Annual General Meeting of Members held on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at the Chamber’s secretariat in Accra.

The new Board Members are Ashok Mohinani, Executive Director of the Mohinani Group, MASCO Foods (KFC Ghana), and Kimathi Kuenyehia, Managing Partner at Kimathi & Partners – CORPORATE ATTORNEYS.

Ashok Ramchand Mohinani is the Executive Director of Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business with over 50 years of experience in multi-sector operations in various industries across the African continent. Ashok Mohinani oversees the operations of all the Ghanaian business units and subsidiaries from the headquarters in Accra.

He joined Mohinani Group in 1984 as Head of Sales for Poly Products & Poly Sacks, Ghana. He then eventually became the Deputy Managing Director of the Poly Group in 1987. From there, he took on the role of Managing Director of Somotex, Nigeria, in 1991. He returned to Ghana in 1998 to assume the position of Executive Director of the Group.

Mr. Mohinani is a Member of the Board of Trustees, Postgraduate Endowment Fund, College of Health Sciences of the University of Ghana. He is also a member of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Association of Ghana Industries. He is a past President of the Indian Association of Ghana and has also served on the board of Ghana International School.

He is also a founding member and past president of the Accra chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative West Africa (ALIWA). Mr. Mohinani is the Honorary Consul of Uruguay in Ghana and recently obtained an Executive Diploma on International Diplomatic Law for Honorary Consuls from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

Among the several awards Ashok Mohinani has won are the 2015 Industrialist of the Year by the Made in Ghana Awards, the 2016 Excellence in Business Awards by the Entrepreneur Foundation of Ghana, and the 2019 CEO of the Decade Award by the Ghana Business Awards. He was also given a Special Recognition Award —Sanitation Leadership Award in 2019. In 2020, Ashok Mohinani was adjudged Settler of the Year by the EMY Africa Awards and Outstanding Industrialist of the Decade by the Ghana Entrepreneur & Corporate Executive Awards.

 

Kimathi Kuenyehia is an award-winning Harvard-educated transactional lawyer who is ranked by Legal 500 as one of the top 5 leading lawyers in Ghana. He is the Managing Partner of Kimathi & Partners, corporate attorneys; one of the top three leading law firms in Ghana.

Mr. Kuenyehia provides high-end legal services to foreign governments, global multinationals, and Fortune 500 companies with respect to their most challenging legal issues, most significant business transactions, and most critical disputes. He is the first and only African to win the prestigious International Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year for his “professional excellence, innovative approach to legal practice, community service, and reputation for the advancement of legal ethics.”

He is also recognized by IFLR 1000 as “outstanding on all matters.” Described as a lawyer ‘who thinks outside the box.’ Mr. Kuenyehia is the co-author of Mining, Electricity and Oil Regulation in Ghana, published by Getting the Deal Through; and he is writing a book on Corporate Law and Practice in Ghana.

 

About AmCham Ghana

The American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, is the representative arm of U.S. businesses and subsidiaries voluntarily working to create an environment where business can thrive between Ghanaian and American communities.

The Chamber remains a leading organization at the forefront of advocating for an improved business environment to boost investor confidence and continues to work closely with other institutions to maintain and further strengthen the economic relations between Ghana and the United States.

 

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