Host of Metro Tv‘s Good Evening Ghana Paul Adom-Otchere has been appointed a member of the governing board of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Peacefmonline.com can confirm.
A letter of appointment signed by the Chief of Staff, Frema Osei-Opare, on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo read: “Pursuant to National Communications Authority Act, 2008 (ACT 769), the President of the Republic of Ghana, in consultation with the Council of State, hereby appoints you as a member of the governing board of the National Communications Authority.
“I take this opportunity to congratulate you formally on your appointment.”
Profile….
Paul Adom-Otchere is the Country Manager of africapractice in Ghana. He is also a Media and Communications Consultant with 10 years experience in radio, television and corporate communication, including time at Multimedia Broadcasting Company (JOY FM), Metropolitan Television (METRO TV) and Omni Media (CITI FM).
The Ghana Journalists Association recognized Mr Adom-Otchere’s distinguished output when in 2001 they conferred on him the award of “Radio News Reporter of the Year”. Since June 2001, Paul’s television programme “Good Evening Ghana” on Metro TV has won eight awards, notably from the Radio and TV awards scheme and the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana.
In corporate communication, Paul has served as consultant to significant national and corporate events.
In 2004, Paul was lead PR consultant to EXPO AFRICA organizers of the “Ghana Expo”, an event hosted jointly by the Ministries of Trade and Foreign Affairs in London to communicate Ghana’s business profile with the view to raising awareness about the potential of the Ghanaian market as an investment destination.
In 2005, Paul was retained as external Consultant by MMRS Ogilvy to design the communication to help secure Rand Gold Resources (the South African Mining Company) a successful take-over bid for the Ghanaian Gold mining company Ashanti. Paul was also retained by MMRS Ogilvy to help design a communication strategy to manage the DATA BANK and SSNIT “Obatan” matter and in 2004-2005, Paul worked as Communications Director of Asante Kotoko football.
Paul holds two separate bachelors in Political Science (BA) and Law (LLB) from the University of Ghana. He also holds an MSC in Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation & negotiation) and Development Economics from the University of London.
Mr Adom-Otchere is a British Chevening Scholar.
-Peacefm