Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed Wednesday Hanna Arayaselassie as the new head of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC).
This is Hanna’s latest senior position after playing a transformative CEO role at Ethiopost since 2020. She has meaningfully reformed service quality of the institution.
It was under her leadership that Ethiopost tripled its revenues and earned the prestigious Postal Excellence Award of 2023 from the Universal Postal Union for the Africa Region.
Hanna is an alumnus of both New York and Addis Abeba universities, where she was a gold medalist and graduated top of her class. Her career includes a tenure as a lecturer at Addis Abeba University School of Law, a role as a senior policy researcher at the Prime Minister’s Office, and a position as Deputy Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission under Abebe Abebayehu, according to Addis Fortune.
Given the aforementioned portfolio, Hanna’s appointment can be taken as Ethiopia’s government’s vital measure to advance the functioning of the EIC to attract foreign investments. (EBC)
