Mr George Hammond (3rd left), Financial Controller of Asadtek Limited, joined Olam officials — Mr Chitwan Singh, Business Head of Snack Foods (4th left), Mr Kenneth Antwi, National Head of HR (5th left), Ms Pearl Annor, Brand Manager, Biscuit (3rd from right), and Mr Pankaj Goyal, Business Head, Rice (2nd right) — to celebrate the recognition.

Olam adjudged best agro-based company

Kweku Zurek Oct - 16 - 2016 , 13:02

Olam Ghana Limited, an agribusiness and a major supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients, was adjudged the best agro-based company in 2015 at this year’s Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) Awards.

Olam was recognised for excellence in its unique outgrower operations in the cocoa sector, its investments such as the promotion of non-traditional crops like cashew, its policy of value addition in all its operations and the company’s practical commitment to living the ‘Made-in Ghana’ dream.

Coveted platform

The CIMG Awards has been Ghana’s most coveted platform of recognition for excellence and outstanding achievements in marketing and works of marketers in industry, the objective of which is to promote high professional standards, encourage excellence among marketing practitioners and ensure an improved quality of products and services.

A citation supporting the award read in part, “Your involvement with outgrowers within the cocoa industry, where you assist them with cash and other incentives and the purchase of the product which you convert into cocoa liquor for export is worth commending.”

Olam Ghana Limited is a subsidiary of Olam International, a leading agribusiness operating across the value chain in 70 countries. Since 1994, Olam Ghana has been a major supply chain manager of agric products and food ingredients and is ranked among the biggest Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) in the cocoa sector

The award was received on behalf of the company by Mr. Kenneth Antwi, National Head of HR and Ms. Pearl Annor, the Brand Manager for Biscuits.

Commenting on the award, Mr Amit Agrawal, Country Head and CEO of Olam Ghana Limited, said: “We are happy to receive the Agro-based company award of the year. It reflects our lasting relationship with Ghana and our continuous endeavour to provide quality products that positively touch lives of many Ghanaians on a daily basis.”