dr. joyce r. aryee

Dr. Joyce Roselind Aryee is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines and the first woman to head an African chamber of mines. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Salt & Light Ministries, a Christian para-church organisation in Ghana.

She is an accomplished management consultant and a professional counsellor who has dedicated over thirty-eight years to service of Ghana. In particular, she served as Secretary of Information and Education in the PNDC government and as non-cabinet minister at the National Commission for Democracy. She is a senior mentor for the African Leadership Initiative and also mentors the Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment and Leadership Development (WIELD). She is a board member of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Central University College, Stanbic Bank and the Bible Society of Ghana.

She was given the State Award of Companion of the Order of the Volta in 2006 in recognition of her service to the nation. She is also the recipient of the CIMG Marketing Woman of the Year Award for 2007 and the African Leadership on Centre for Economic Development's African Female Business Leader of the Year Award for 2009. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Ghana Institute of Engineers.