Ekwow Spio-Garbrah

Ekwow Spio-Garbrah (born 1953) is a Ghanaian businessman, diplomat and politician. He is a former CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) based in London. He is one of Africa's pre-eminent public servants, and an authority on mass communications who has held several high-profile positions in the field. He is a former Minister of Communication of the Republic of Ghana, one-time Ambassador of Ghana to the United States and Mexico, Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Mines and Energy and a member of UNESCO’s Executive Board in Paris. He served in the cabinet during the democratic regime of Jerry John Rawlings between 1994 and 2000. Spio-Garbrah is a member of the board of directors of South Africa Telekom, AngloGold Ashanti and recently of Vodacom. He is also member of the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization (APO).