Lucy Quist

Lucy Quist
Nationality British and Ghanaian
Known for First Ghanaian female CEO in telecommunications industry
Spouse(s) Sean Quist
Website lucyquist.com

Lucy Quist (born 1974) is an international business leader. She is a technology professional who advocates for greater participation of young people in STEM for development.

Lucy Quist is the founder and CEO of Quist Blue Diamond. She serves as the President of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Ghana. She is a co-founder of FreshBakery, the parent company of the FreshPay payment platform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

She was the Managing Director (CEO) of Airtel Ghana.[1]

She is a co-founder of the Executive Women Network (www.ewntree.com) and was featured in INSEAD's ‘Limitless’ campaign as part of the iW50 campaign (https://limitless.insead.edu)

She has spoken on many subjects including leadership and technology and has been on platforms such as The Mobile World Congress,[2] Hogan Lovells African Forum 2017,[3] Pan African Women Forum,[4] TEDxEuston, Wharton Africa Business Forum, the Sanford C. Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics Conference at Columbia Business School[5] and the African Development Investment Convention.[6] She was recently featured on BBC’s Power Women series as one of the top business women driving transformational change in Africa.[7]

Early life and education[8]

Born in London, United Kingdom, to Ghanaian parents Peter and Mary Afriyie, Lucy Quist spent her formative years in both Europe and Africa. She went to Wesley Girl’s High School in Cape Coast and attended sixth form at the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, Accra, both in Ghana.

She went on to study at the University of East London, graduating with a first-class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

She holds an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Career[9]

Quist began her working life as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer at Ford Motor Company, progressing to Chartered Engineer (IET), UK.

She joined the Royal Bank of Scotland as a change manager. In 2008, she stepped into telecommunications.

Millicom

Lucy Quist, Chief Marketing Officer of Tigo DRC, seen here commissioning a basketball court on behalf of the company.

Quist started her telecommunications career at Millicom International Cellular (MIC), where she worked in business development, sales & distribution, and marketing.

Vodafone

Lucy Quist led the transformation of Vodafone Wholesale from a local to an international player. Later she went on to become the MD of Vodafone Ghana’s Enterprise division.

Quist joined Vodafone in Ghana from Millicom as Head of Strategy & Planning. She also ran the company’s wholesale and enterprise businesses.

Airtel

Since taking over the helm of affairs at Airtel Ghana, as the first Ghanaian woman to lead a multinational telecom company, Quist has successfully re-positioned the company into the fastest growing telecom brand growing customer market share for both voice and data.[10][11][12] She has a clear strategic focus on data and digital services across the value chain of the business.

She has also led Airtel Ghana to win more than 20 prestigious awards.[13][14][15][16]

She personally leads #EvolveWithSTEM, Airtel Ghana’s CSR initiative to encourage young people to participate in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.[17][18][19]

Boards

Quist serves on both international and local Boards of several establishments including the International Board for African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Petra Trust Company Ltd, Obaatan Pa Women’s Hospital, the Business Environment Enabling Programme under the UK Department of International Development (DFID), the Business Sounding Board for the Danish Embassy, the Industry Advisory Board for Ashesi University, The Exploratory – an initiative of the African Women Advocacy Project, Ghana Climate Innovation Centre and Women in Business Initiative, the Africa CEO Forum.[20]

STEM Advocacy[21]

Lucy Quist is a technology enthusiast who speaks in the potential of technology to leapfrog Africa’s development. Through initiatives like Evolve with STEM, she advocates for greater participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for Africa’s development and continuously encourages young people to harness the game-changing power of STEM[22]

The Bold New Normal[23]

The Bold New Normal is an actionable idea under which Lucy Quist advocates for Africans to take bold actions towards African prosperity. The idea is based on her TEDx Euston talk 'A Bold New Normal'[24] which challenges Africans to create prosperous outcomes for themselves by changing their visions, language, mindset and then actions. During the talk, she recounted her leadership journey through 3 pivotal years that shaped her from youth to her role as CEO of Airtel Ghana.

From learning lessons of survival in 1983 with her family in Ghana to relocating to the continent in 2008, and in 2010 relocating to the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) Lucy narrates her encounters, which would form leadership lessons and serve as her call for a New Normal for the African Continent.

Under this campaign she is organising interactive meet ups with young people (The Bold New Normal Tour) to discuss the idea in the light of Business and Entrepreneurship, Career, Leadership, Identity, STEM and other areas relevant to Africa's development.

Honours

Lucy Quist receives the award for Corporate Leadership at the 2017 Ghana Legacy Honours

Quist has been recognized for her work through the following awards:

- 2016 8th Most Influential Public Figures (Ghana Social Media Rankings)[25]

- Corporate Leadership Award, Ghana Legacy Honours 2017[26][27]

- Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana (WomanRising)[28]

- 100 Most Influential Ghanaian Women, WomanRising[29][30]

- CSR CEO of the year 2015, Ghana CSR Excellence Awards (GHACEA)[31]

- Telecom CEO of the Year (GITTA Awards 2016)[32]

- Excellence in Corporate Responsibility (Ghana Women of the Year Honours 2016)[33]

- 58th Most Influential Person in Ghana (Ghana’s Most Influential Awards 2016)[34]

- CIMG Marketing Woman of the Year 2014 (CIMG 2015 Awards)[35][36][37]

Lucy wins CIMG Marketing Woman of the year 2014

- Special Recognition to the Telecom Industry (GTA 2015)[38][39]

References

  1. ↑ Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - Director of Vodafone Business Solutions to head Airtel Ghana". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  2. ↑ "The Mobile World Congress 2017 - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. 2017-03-15. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  3. ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. ↑ "#CHANGINGOURSTORY - The Pan-African Weekend '17 - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. 2017-07-25. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  5. ↑ Columbia Business School (2017-01-26), Restoring Trust: Keynote Address, archived from the original on 2017-06-21, retrieved 2017-08-05
  6. ↑ "Airtel Ghana CEO courts investors for African telecoms". BiztechAfrica. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  7. ↑ "How one Ghanaian woman leads with laughter". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  8. ↑ THE KSM SHOW (2016-07-31), KSM Show- Lucy Quist, CEO of Airtel Ghana hanging out with KSM part 1, archived from the original on 2018-01-12, retrieved 2017-08-05
  9. ↑ "International Business Leader - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  10. ↑ "Airtel attributes sterling growth to deep consumer insight and connection | Companies -". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  11. ↑ Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - Airtel Ghana's phenomenal growth pushes it to number 3 in data subscription". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Airtel Ghana - At The Forefront of Ghana's Digital Innovation And Transformation". www.marcopolis.net. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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  17. ↑ AirtelGh (2016-02-29), Evolve with STEM, archived from the original on 2018-01-12, retrieved 2016-06-24
  18. ↑ "Ghana: Airtel's Evolve With Stem Initiative Reaches Central & Brong Ahafo Regions". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  19. ↑ Quashie, Sena. "'Evolve with STEM': Airtel Ghana launches initiative to promote study of STEM - Campus - Pulse". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  20. ↑ "The Exploratory. STEM+LOVE=A better world » Meet our advisors: Lucy Quist. STEM champion. Trailblazer in engineering and business". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  21. ↑ "STEM Advocate - Lucy Quist". Lucy Quist. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  22. ↑ AirtelGh (2016-05-04), Lucy Quist STEM Citi FM, archived from the original on 2018-01-12, retrieved 2017-08-05
  23. ↑ Lucy Quist (2017-07-07), What is The Bold New Normal?, archived from the original on 2018-01-12, retrieved 2017-08-05
  24. ↑ TEDx Talks (2017-01-25), A bold new normal | Lucy Quist | TEDxEustonSalon, archived from the original on 2018-01-12, retrieved 2017-08-05
  25. ↑ http://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2017/February-14th/airtel-ghana-ranks-in-top-two-most-influential-telco-ceo-lucy-quist-ranked-most-influential-non-politician.php
  26. ↑ GhanaWeb TV (2017-03-25), Sam Jonah, Anna Bossman, Ozwald Boateng, others honored at Ghana Legacy Honors, archived from the original on 2017-04-08, retrieved 2017-03-29
  27. ↑ "Sam Jonah, Anna Bossman, Ozwald Boateng, others honored at Ghana Legacy Honors". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28.
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  31. ↑ ModernGhana.Com. "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 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  32. ↑ Allotey, Godwin Akweiteh (2016-05-24). "Airtel boss crowned Telecom CEO of the year". citifmonline. Archived from the original on 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  33. ↑ Myjoyonline.com (2016-05-23). "Photos: Lucy Quist, Grace Nortey, others celebrated at Ghana Women Of The Year Honours". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  34. ↑ Afanyi-Dadzie, Ebenezer (2016-05-12). "Otabil named most influential Ghanaian; check the full list". citifmonline. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  35. ↑ "Marketing Woman of 2015: Lucy Quist, the Managing Director of Airtel Ghana". www.marcopolis.net. Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  36. ↑ Kent, Mensah. "African kids must dream big – Airtel boss Quist". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  37. ↑ Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - Airtel Ghana MD, Lucy Quist is CIMG Marketing Woman Of The Year". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  38. ↑ Ghana, News (2015-05-25). "Airtel Sweeps Four Awards At Ghana Telecom Awards 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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