Tucci Ivowi

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Setutsi Goka Ivowi is a strategic advisor with Global Village Consortium, the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Association of Commodities Exchanges (A-ACX),  and the recent past Chief Executive Officer and founding member of the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). She played a key role in building the Exchange from the ground up, steering it to profitability within the targeted five-year period. Tucci is an experienced business leader with over 20 years of expertise in marketing, strategy, and general business management across the UK, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her career spans both private and public sectors, where she has led teams across multiple markets in various senior roles—including Business Unit Director, Marketing Communications Director, and Managing Director at one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. She was the first female and first Ghanaian to be appointed as Business Executive Officer (Executive Director) at Nestlé Central & West Africa Ltd, where she managed business operations across 22 countries during her 15-year tenure.  A Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM UK), she is a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Catalyst Magazine, where she writes on leadership, marketing, communications, and intra-African trade. Her academic background includes a BA in Politics and French from the University of Sussex (UK), a Political Science degree from the Institute of Political Studies, Aix-en-Provence (France), an MBA from Warwick Business School (UK), and Executive Education in Leadership from the London Business School. In addition to her executive and advisory work, Tucci serves on several boards including Unilever Ghana PLC, Enterprise Trustees Ltd., and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Omni Group. She is also the founder of Forty Lives, a Ghana-based mental health advocacy organisation. Her contributions to business and leadership have been recognised through numerous honours.