Gloria Buckman Yankson Senior Managing Partner, PlanIt Ghana Ltd Gloria Buckman Yankson is an award winning Event

t Planning & Brand Communications Professional. She is Founding Partner of PlanIt Ghana which is undeniably one of the most sought after and fastest growing Event Planning Firms in Ghana today. A passionate advocate for empowering women in Africa for Africa, she continues to engage and inspire people from all walks of life through speaking engagements that shes frequently invited to both in and outside Ghana. Gloria is admired, not only for her contagious passion for doing things right in Africa, but also for her unrelenting determination to succeed, which has won her several recognition awards and respect from her superiors, colleagues and subordinates alike. In November 2012, Gloria was decorated with the coveted Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards. GUBA Awards is held in London, UK, each year as a platform for showcasing exceptional achievement, talent and ability in the British Ghanaian community and also to honour the extraordinary accomplishments of Ghanaians worldwide. Before then, in December 2011, she also picked up the Young Creative Star of The Year Award at the 10th Annual Global Professional Achievers (GPA) Awards Gala; after being nominated in three [3] award categories alongside some of Ghanas most celebrated CEOs and Entrepreneurs. The Global Professional Achievers Awards are also held annually in the United Kingdom (UK) to encourage and reward creativity, innovation, dedication and excellence among Ghanas Top Business and Professional Community. Over the past ten [10] years, Gloria has acquired appreciable expertise in corporate communications, strategic marketing communications and event planning in Ghana and the UK; having worked with multi-national brands such as SKY TV, Hilton Plc and Morgan Stanley - where she worked on the companys Marketing Team for close to four [4] years. Always ambitious, Gloria has [backed by a formidable team that she and her husband put together] built PlanIt Ghana from scratch to become one of the reference points for Brand Communications and Event Planning in West Africa. Today, PlanIt Ghana, the company she co-founded and which officially launched in Ghana three [3] years ago, has an enviable track record and a portfolio of clients in Europe, USA & Africa. Before joining PlanIt Ghana full time, Gloria worked with DEVTRACO, a Ghanaian Real Estate Firm, as Director of Corporate Affairs & Marketing. The only female Director amon gst the companys top management team [and the youngest] she was the public voice of DEVTRACO and spearheaded all marketing initiatives in support of the business. During her relatively short time with DEVTRACO in this position, the company did not only become a household name, but also picked up six [6] awards, one of which is the CNBC International Property Award, the pinnacle of all real estate awards worldwide. Gloria isnt only an admired, talented and astute young business woman. She also has a notable track record of giving back to the less privileged in society throughout her career and now through PlanIt Ghanas Corporate Social Responsibility programs. She is a product of St. Roses Secondary School and Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ). After graduating from GIJ she worked in Public Relations and Journalism in Ghana briefly before deciding to further consolidate on her skills as a communications and marketing expert with specialized training in brand development and promotion from the London School of Public Relations and the University of Stirling, UK, where she gained an MSc in Public Relations. Featured: Young Ghanaian women to watch in 2013. Which Magazine

To enable us build the Africa that we so much desire, Africa must learn to look within Africa. Gloria Buckman Yankson YOU are never too young to make an impact. Always believe that. Gloria Buckman Yankson