About
The STELLAR PERFORMANCE CEO AWARDS
Stellar Performance CEO Awards is an annual event that recognizes and celebrates outstanding Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and success in their respective industries. The awards ceremony brings together top executives, business leaders, and industry experts to honour those who have made significant contributions to their organizations and the business community as a whole.
The criteria for the Stellar Performance CEO Awards include factors such as business growth, financial performance, innovation, strategic vision, employee engagement, and community involvement. Nominees are carefully selected based on their achievements and impact on their company’s overall success.
Winners of the Stellar Performance CEO Awards receive well-deserved recognition and publicity for their exceptional leadership skills. This recognition not only benefits the individual CEOs but also boosts the reputation and credibility of their organizations.
Overall, the Stellar Performance CEO Awards serve as a testament to the crucial role that effective leadership plays in driving business success and creating a positive impact on the broader economy. By celebrating outstanding CEOs, the awards inspire aspiring leaders and encourage a culture of excellence within the business world.
Founded by Ion Africa Business, this award honours the country’s most admired CEOs, those who recognize culture isn’t just connected to performance; it drives performance in a way that cannot be achieved through other means.
Our winners represent an esteemed group of STELLAR CEOs who have achieved significant accomplishments in their career – specifically focusing on those individuals who have fostered a culture within their organization in a way that enhances performance and sustains a competitive advantage.
The Stellar Performance CEO Award winners are typically broadly admired, and recognized as industry leaders by their peers and in their respective fields.
How It Works
The Stellar Performance CEO award runs in conjunction with the Stellar Performance CEO magazine. It was founded by Ion Africa Business to recognize and celebrate the country’s most admired and resilient chief executives. To qualify for the Stellar Performance CEO™ award:
You must be the CEO of a Ghanaian-based organization
You must be nominated by the editorial team of the Stellar Performance CEO magazine
You must complete a written submission after confirming your nomination
Each year, one winner will be selected in each award categories.
What are the award categories?
The awards recognize the country’s most admired CEO’s based on different categories with different criteria:
Visionary Trailblazer Award
Innovation Champion Award
Social Impact Leader Award
Transformational Growth Award
Customer-Centric CEO Award
Growth Strategist Excellence Award
Environmental Stewardship Award
Digital Transformation Leadership Award
ESG integration and Responsible Governance Award
Strategic Sustainability Leadership Award
Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership Award
Mobile Financial Services Disruptor Award
Leadership Excellence in Socio-economic and Sustainable Development
Iconic Healthcare Visionary Award
Outstanding Educational Visionary Award
Industry Disruptor Award
Leadership Excellence in Driving Growth and Impact
Who votes on the winners?
Our Stellar Performance CEO Board of Governors is made up of esteemed leaders and includes past CEOs of companies and institutions.
They review, and vote, on the submissions. This vote selects the final winning CEOs, one in each category.
How are winners announced and celebrated?
One winner in each category will be chosen annually. Winners are announced in November of each year and featured in a special section published in the magazine.
They are then celebrated at the annual Awards Gala. This is an evening of celebration of the country’s preeminent executives and leaders.
Tickets for these events go on sale in October.
How are nominees selected?
Nominees must be CEOs of companies based in Ghana who have achieved significant accomplishments in their career – specifically focused on using the power of corporate culture to drive organizational performance.
They are typically broadly admired, and deemed as industry leaders by their peers.
Nominees are put forward and finalized by our editorial team. Finalists are then approached in August of each year to make a detailed submission to the program.
What is required of me if I am invited to submit?
If you are nominated, and choose to submit, you would be required to complete a brief written submission that explores the categories:
Vision, Strategy and Leadership
Describe the vision, competitive strategy and execution plan that have enabled the CEO to achieve their business goals and objectives.
Cultural and People Development
How does the CEO create a culture that inspires team members towards a new level of growth and achievement?
How has the CEO enhanced and aligned the organizational culture which has helped attract, retain and developed a top talent executive and leadership team?
Innovative Business Achievement and Competitiveness
How has the CEO developed unique or innovative approaches to building and running the organization in its relationships with employees and customers?
Competitiveness details any best practice initiatives undertaken by the CEO’s organization. This may involve situations where the nominee has entered potential new markets, enhanced operations in other markets or countries, set up new ventures or expanded the organization significantly.
Business Performance
How has the CEO demonstrated top line revenue growth, profitability and sound financial management over the past three fiscal years?
Corporate Social Responsibility
An admired CEO promotes and displays passion for creating a corporate culture that supports organizational/individual employee involvement in overcoming community, social and environmental issues. How has the CEO done so?
You would also be given the opportunity to provide supporting materials such as a CV, a brief history of the company, key milestones in your success and a complete summary of financial performance.
What is required of me if I win?
As a 2023 participant, should you be successful, you would be required to attend the Stellar Performance CEO Awards Celebration on November 10, 2023.
It is a very special evening and winners typically invite family, friends and important colleagues to celebrate with them.
**Attendance at the Gala is mandatory as part of your participation – please do not proceed with your submission unless you can attend.