Tigo Ghana names new Corporate Communications exec
TELECOMS
| Aug. 8, 2014, 12:08 p.m.
Telecommunications service provider Tigo Ghana has announced the appointment of Gifty Bingley as the Head of its newly created Corporate Communications function. She will have overall responsibility for the company’s corporate communications and initiatives including internal and external engagements and Corporate Responsibility.
Gifty joined Tigo from Vodafone Ghana where she managed the internal and external communication teams and a PR Agency. Prior to that she worked at the British High Commission in Accra managing public diplomacy on a wide range of policy issues, including developing several bilateral projects aimed at strengthening state institutions and improving living standards across Ghana.
She also spent a decade at Ghana’s leading television network, TV3, where she rose through the ranks from Broadcast Journalist to Head of News and Deputy Editor-Assignments, developing and managing content for the various news bulletins.
Commenting on her appointment, the CEO of Tigo Ghana, Roshi Motman said “Tigo is very pleased to have Gifty on-board as she brings varied and valuable experience from both within the media and Ghana’s business and political worlds. She will play an essential role telling Tigo’s story as we continue to invest in upgrading our services and becoming an even more responsible business”.
Gifty Bingley holds double Masters Degrees in Political Communication from University of Leeds; and Development Management from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). She trained as a journalist at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, GIJ, and is an alumna and member of the Charted Institute of Public Relations, CIPR, UK.
She reports directly to the CEO, Roshi Motman.
