Milena is a chartered marketer and a business development professional. She has several years of work experience in marketing and public relations, and currently leads a marketing communication firm. Her area of expertise includes marketing strategy and communication, marketing research and reporting, brand imminence and management and digital marketing. She is skilled in business event coordination, business writing such as proposals/tenders, speeches, and business and community profiles.

With her strong training, coaching and marketing advisory skills, she has served the marketing needs of several micro and small businesses across different industries in digital marketing, relationship marketing, scaling up production, business positioning, sales advisory and readiness for external grant application. Milena is well versed in search engine optimization (SEO), google advertisement and campaigns, and social media marketing.

She worked with Deloitte Ghana for 14 years. where she was charged with the responsibility for Brand, Marketing & Communications for over 8 years. In this position she visited Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa for trainings to hone her skills in business development, project management, proposal writing, branding and communications. Whilst at Deloitte, she coordinated a good number of donor-funded projects with excellent outcomes.

Milena Darko holds a master’s in business administration - Australian Institute of Business (AIB), Adelaide, Australia and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM UK - Best Student for Digital Strategy 2016 June). She is a certified trainer of the International Labour Organization’s Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) program for SMEs.