Lucy Quist, née Afriyie, (born 1974) is a Ghanaian-British business and

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executive. She is a managing director for Morgan Stanley

Early life and education

Born in

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to Ghanaian parents, Peter and Mary Afriyie, Lucy Quist spent her formative years in both

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and

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. She went to

Wesley Girls' High School Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central Region, Ghana, Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist Church in Singapore, Methodist minis ...

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and attended sixth-form college at the

Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC, Legon) is a secondary boarding school for boys. It is located in Legon, Accra, Ghana. It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Presbyterian Church of the Gold C ...

. She went on to study at the

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and graduated with a first-class honours degree in

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. She holds an MBA from

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

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Career

In her early working life, she was an Electrical and Electronic Engineer at

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, and attained her

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certification. She joined the

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as a change manager before switching to the telecommunications industry in 2008 at

Millicom International Cellular Millicom International Cellular SA is a Luxembourgish fixed line and mobile telecommunications services provider operating in Latin America operating under the Tigo brand. Its main shareholder is Xavier Niel, a French billionaire who owns 40% of ...

, working in business development, sales, distribution, and marketing. Lucy Quist was appointed Head of Strategy and Planning at

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'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. In her leadership role, she advocated for greater youth

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participation in

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through her company's

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initiative. She founded Quist Blue Diamond. She also co-founded FreshPay payment platform in the

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and the Executive Women Network. In September 2018, she was appointed by

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as their Vice President of the Normalization Committee to restructure football in

. She is currently a Managing Director at

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients in ...

in its

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

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and the African Development Investment Convention.

Boards and directorships

Quist serves on several international and local boards of organisations including the: * International Board for

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a tertiary education and research institute in Muizenberg, South Africa, established in September 2003, and an associated network of linked institutes in Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon and Rwa ...

(AIMS) * Chair, Petra (Pension) Trust Company Ltd. * Obaatan Pa Women's Hospital * Business Environment Enabling Programme under the UK Department of International Development (DFID) * Business Sounding Board for the Danish Embassy in

Accra Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of ...

* Industry Advisory Board for

Ashesi University Ashesi University ( ) is a private, non-profit and non-sectarian university located in Berekuso, near Accra. Ashesi was established as an independent, public benefit education institution operating on a not-for-profit basis. The university o ...

* The Exploratory – An initiative of the African Women Advocacy Project * Ghana Climate innovation centre * Women in Business Initiative * Africa CEO Forum * Consolidated Bank of Ghana * International Board of MercyShips * Board of INSEAD * Board of

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Works

* ''The Bold New Normal: Creating The Africa Where Everyone Prospers'' (2019)

Awards and honours

Quist has received the following awards: * 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

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quist, Lucy Living people 1974 births English people of Ghanaian descent Alumni of the University of East London INSEAD alumni Akan people 21st-century Ghanaian businesswomen 21st-century Ghanaian businesspeople Ghanaian chief executives People educated at Wesley Girls' Senior High School Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School alumni 21st-century Ghanaian women engineers 21st-century Ghanaian engineers 21st-century Ghanaian scientists 21st-century British scientists