Patrick Awuah

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Patrick Awuah is the Founder and CEO of Ashesi University in Ghana, which focuses on educating its students in ethical and entrepreneurial leadership and equipping them with compassion and courage to transform Africa. Before returning to Ghana and founding Ashesi University, he worked in the United States as a program manager for Microsoft. In 2017, Patrick Awuah was awarded the World Innovation Summit in Education Prize, recognising his outstanding contribution to education. Mr. Awuah holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.