LORRAINE WRIGHT-BOATENG MBE MBA

Lorraine Wright MBE, a British born Ghanaian, is a multifaceted business woman, speaker, creator and personality, largely known for having multiple side hustles including the annual competition University Gospel Choir of the Year (UGCY) which allowed her to be awarded by the Late HRM Queen Elizabeth the II with an MBE.

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Lorraine is a strategic advisor specializing in comprehensive guidance for property investment and business expansion in Ghana. Drawing from extensive real estate market insight and a wealth of business experience, Lorraine empowers individuals and enterprises to make informed decisions. From property acquisitions to expansion strategies, her personalized consultations offer tailored solutions for unique goals, fostering confidence and success in every endeavor. 

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Prior to her current day job where she is the UK Regional Lead for community partnerships Facebook Community Accelerator at Meta (Facebook), Lorraine was responsible for delivering multiple multi-million pound tech projects for UBS, she spent 3 years working in Switzerland and was responsible for the digital platforms which facilitate the bank's social impact work through its Optimus Foundation and Community affairs efforts. Prior to UBS, Lorraine worked for Accenture.

 

Outside of her day job and Lorraine has worked tirelessly for more than a decade Increasing the profile of music, more specifically gospel music, as a creative and expressive art form amongst groups of underrepresented individuals where she has left an indelible mark both in the UK and in Ghana.

 

Lorraine is the founder of University Gospel Choir of the Year (UGCY) in the UK and more recently, in Ghana. The annual “X factor meets choirs” style televised competition, over the last 10 years, has worked with thousands of students from over 70 UK and 20 Ghanaian universities, airs on ABN TV and aired in Ghana as a reality TV series.

 

The fast growth and scale of the UGCY network of gospel choirs fueled Lorraine to co-found UV Talent, a music talent booking agency, which supplies gospel choirs, backing vocalists, musicians and event professionals to TV shows and commercials, corporate events, weddings, live shows and music recordings. UV Talent's most notable clients include: X factor, The Voice, Britain’s Got Talent, BBC Proms and Mariah Carey. UV Talent booking agency formerly managed international artist Muyiwa.

 

Lorraine is an Advisor/Shareholder and the former Director of Sales and Crowdfunding for a Google backed - fast growing Ghana based Agriculture Crowdfunding, Commodity trading and Crowdfarming platform that enables anyone to farm and generate returns from the comfort of their living room by sponsoring smallholder farmers to farm on their behalf! 

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Lorraine was formerly the CEO and Co-Founder of a (failed) startup VOCSTA, a University of Oxford spin-out and investor backed music tech Start Up that had planned to leverage the power of social networks to expose and fund extraordinary talents.

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Lorraine is a qualified beautician (manicures, pedicures, lashes and acrylics) and owns a luxury boutique salon in Accra, Ghana. Lorraine also has a beauty Brand Liona Lashes.

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Asides from other personal investments and interests, Lorraine is also the UK agent for a Ghanaian property company - Whitewall properties Ghana who have affordable properties available to buy and rent.

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Lorraine was named in the 2018 Powerlist as one of UK's most influential people of African or African Caribbean Heritage and has previously been awarded a Black British Business Award.

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She is personally motivated and interested in community and social investment/development. She is particularly fascinated with the intersection of Christianity, music, community impact, business and technology.  Outside of her day job, entrepreneurial activities and social impact, Lorraine finds time to serve in her church (Trinity Baptist Church) as well as mentor young ladies.

 

Lorraine’s key attributes include public speaking, pitching, stakeholder management and influencing, idea generation, event /project management and relationship management.