Dr. George Gyamfi-Osew has been honoured at the 5th Business Leaders Excellence Awards, for his exceptional contribution to the economic development of Ghana in the area of National Revenue Mobilisation (lottery).
The Award scheme was to honour business moguls who had distinguished themselves across the spectrum of economic activity and in the process, made remarkable contributions to Ghana’s development during the 60 years of independence.
It saw Dr. Gyamfi-Osew, an accomplished chartered marketer and management consultant by profession, honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
He has been instrumental to the success of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), and is currently the Director of Operations at the authority, having served as the pioneer Marketing and Sales Director of NLA (2003-2011) and after that as Director, Special Projects (2011-2013).
As Director of Operations, he was instrumental in the modernisation of the National Lottery, and the decentralisation of operations to regional and district levels, the introduction of additional games, the migration of play from paper to machine, manual coupons to electronic vending of Lotto, and other improvements.
Before joining the National Lotteries Department, he was a Managing Partner of George and Associates, a Business Strategy Consulting firm.
Dr. Gyamfi-Osew, holds a Doctor of Public Administration from the Commonwealth University in addition to an MBA from London South Bank University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from London Guildhall University, and a Graduate Diploma in International Marketing from the London School of International Business.
He is a Fellow of Chartered Management Institute, UK, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and Ghana, as well as the Institute of Loan and Risk Management, Ghana, and the Civilian Institute of Democratic Administration.
He currently serves on the Membership, Professional, and Advisory Committee (MPAC) of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) – the largest Professional Marketing body in the world.
He also served as a Member of the Marketing/Advertising/Sponsorship Sub-Committee of the Cup of African Nations (CAN) 2008 LOC and as an Adjunct Faculty Member of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
In 2010, he was inducted into the International Who’s Who Historical Society of Professionals.
