Lucy Quist is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley serving as the Global Head of Firm Resilience. She is the author of the book, ‘The Bold New Normal’.
She is a thought leader and the first Ghanaian woman to head a multinational telecommunications company as the former CEO of Airtel Ghana. She is a co-founder of the Executive Women Network. She served as the Vice President of FIFA’s normalisation committee in Ghana.
She is a member of the boards of INSEAD, Mercy Ships and Margins ID Group. She also serves on the advisory board of Yemaachi Biotech. Lucy is a chartered electrical and electronic engineer with a first-class honours degree from the University of East London. She is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK) and holds an MBA from INSEAD in France. She has decades of corporate experience with blue chip companies starting at Ford Motor Company. She has held senior leadership positions at Millicom, Vodafone and Airtel. Her career spans manufacturing, telecommunications, banking and automotive industries in Europe and Africa.
In this inspiring conversation she takes us through her journey!
Tell us about yourself
Where do we start from? You’re truly a woman of impact but let’s start from your passion for inspiring young people to realize their full potential, where did this all begin?

So many young women see your life as an inspiration, but did you see yourself in this picture 5 years back, and what was the motivation?
What’s your take on the inclusion of African women in global organizations?
As an author, what would you say that the African writing industry is lacking generally?
