Enase Okonedo
Professor Enase F. Okonedo, FCA, is the Vice-Chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University and a professor of management and an accomplished professional with over 30 years of experience in the financial services and management education sectors.
She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University from Jan 2021 to December 2021. From 2009-2020, she was the first female and third Dean of Lagos Business School. Before that, she held various leadership positions at the School and developed and taught courses in problem-solving and decision making; corporate financial management; and financial strategy.
Under her leadership, she led the Lagos Business School to achieve international accreditations from AACSB International, as well as Association of MBAs (AMBA) joining an elite group of only 2% of top business schools in over 70 countries with these accreditations. As dean, she has ensured that Lagos Business School sustained its Financial Times of London ranking becoming one of the top 50 global providers of Open-Enrolment and Custom Executive Education programmes in 2020.
She has at various times over the past several years served in the management education sector as a board member and chairperson of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS); a member of the Academic Advisory board of the Global Business School Network (GBSN); a member of the Board and Secretary-Treasurer of AACSB International; and on the advisory boards of different schools.
She serves as a member of the board of the Global Business School Network; the Graduate Management Education Council (owners of the GMAT™ exam), Principles of Responsible Management Education as well as other corporate entities including Ecobank Transnational Incorporated.
Enase, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) received her doctorate from International School of Management (ISM) Paris, France, her MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarre, Spain and her bachelors in Accounting from the University of Benin, Nigeria. She is also a Fellow of the Society For Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN) and the International Academy of Management (IAM).
Publications
Articles
Okonedo, E., & Ajogwu, F. (2017). Rethinking the Concept of Non-Recourse in Project Finance. Journal of Corporate Governance, 9(1), 1957-1972.
Okonedo, E., & Aluko, T. (2016). 4 The Role of Accreditation in Overcoming the Challenges of Graduate Management Programs in Africa. Sustainable Management Development in Africa: Building Capabilities to Serve African Organizations, 64.
Okonedo, E. The Determinants of Stock-Buying Behaviour of the Individual Investor in the Nigerian Equity Market. (2011), ISBN 978-3-659-18589-2. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishers.
Donwa, P, Okonedo E. & Agbontaen O. (2013), ‘Currency Crisis and Output in Nigeria’, World Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3. No. 2. March 2013 Issue. Pp. 63 – 82
Okonedo E. & Agbontaen O. (2012), ‘Currency Crisis and Output in Nigeria’, Fourth Annual American Business Research Conference, New York, NY, USA, June 4-5, 2012.
Okonedo E. & Agbontaen O. (2011), ‘The Individual Investors’ Buying Behaviour and Gender on the Nigerian Equity Market’, Conference on Finance and Service, International Trade and Economic Development in Africa, Abuja, Nigeria. March 23-25, 2011.
Donwa, P., Okonedo, E., and Agbontaen, O. (2011), ‘The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Output and Economic Growth in Nigeria’, 3rd International Conference on Economics, Business and Finance, India. December 28-30, 2011.
Okonedo E. & Agbontaen O. (2011), ‘The Individual Investors’ Buying Behaviour and Gender on the Nigerian Equity Market’, African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research.
A Study of the Fast Food Industry and the Supply Chain in Nigeria – Enase Okonedo & Professor Albert Alos; UNIDO sponsored research 2004
Further Issues in the Management of Accounts Receivables – LBS Management Review Vol.5.No.2 2000
Overview of the ECOWAS and Single Currency: Lessons from the Euro – LBS Management Review Vol.5.No.1 2000
The Euro: Implications for 3rd World Countries – CIBN Journal 2000
Receivables and Collection Management in Nigeria – LBS Management Review Vol.4.No.2 1999
Cases
Heleena Farms LBS, 1996
The Ivy Account, LBS 1997
The LBS Cafeteria, LBS 1997
Hill Crest Company, LBS 2000
Gaslink Company, LBS 2001
Books
Okonedo, E. F. (2011). The Determinants of Stock-Buying Behaviour of the Individual Investor in the Nigerian Equity Market LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.