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Ethel Davis is a Liberian diplomat who served as Liberia's Ambassador to Germany. She also serves as ambassador to Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Finland. [1] She presented her credentials to Christian Wulff at Bellevue Palace (Germany) on December 13, 2010. [2]
Davis earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the George Washington University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Liberia. [1]
In 2009, three people working under Davis at the Central Bank of Liberia were accused of illegally transferring funds. [3] During the investigation, Davis resigned from her position as Deputy Bank Governor. [4] While she was found not culpable, she resigned to allow the investigation to proceed. [5]
Her work in Liberia has included working on the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia, [6] [7] [8] a crisis she likened to war [9] which required global action. [10] Davis worked with multiple companies and towns in Germany encouraging aid for Liberia during the epidemic. [11] [12] During this period, she note that Ebola came to Liberia from Guinea, [9] and thus the epidemic is only one plane ride away from Germany. [13] In 2014 deaths from Ebola challenged Liberia's economy and social cohesion, as Davis noted during a global health summit in Berlin. [14] [15]