Olusegun Vincent
School of Management and Social Sciences
Faculty’s Field of Research: Taxation, Sustainability, Governance and Finance
School: School of Management and Social Sciences
Faculty’s email address: ovincent@pau.edu.ng
Professor Olusegun Vincent is a Professor of Accounting and Corporate Finance in the School of Management and Social Sciences. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Taxation, Corporate Finance, Investment and Portfolio Management, and Advanced Quantitative Techniques. He also serves as Advisory Partner at Goldwyns Advisory, where he leads a team of professionals providing high-level advisory and consulting services to both public and private sector organisations.
Prior to joining Pan-Atlantic University, Professor Vincent lectured at the University of Lagos and served as Director of the Economic Intelligence Unit in the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget. He has also held senior positions in the financial services industry and worked as Advisory Services Manager at Ernst & Young, bringing together extensive experience across academia, government, consulting, and finance.
Professor Vincent holds a PhD in Finance from Brunel University of London, an MSc in Business and Financial Economics from the University of Greenwich, an MA in Managerial Psychology from the University of Ibadan, and a First Class BA (Hons.) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Derby. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACIT).
Research interest
Professor Olusegun Vincent is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work focuses on taxation, accounting, corporate finance, sustainability, corporate governance, and economic policy in emerging markets, particularly Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. His research combines rigorous quantitative and qualitative analyses with practical policy and industry applications, reflecting his experience in the private sector, government, academia, and professional consulting.
Teaching
Faculty leads courses in: Taxation, Corporate Finance, Sustainability & Governance, Auditing, and Banking
Qualifications
BA Accounting & Finance (First Class Hons), University of Derby, United Kingdom
MA Managerial Psychology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
MSc Business & Financial Economics, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
PhD Finance, Brunel University of London, United Kingdom
Memberships, editorial boards
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI)
2021- 2023 Financial Advisor
Lagos State Wealth Trust Fund
2022 – Date Project Management Advisor on
Lagos Medical Diagnostic and Services Provision Scheme
2013 -2016 Strategic Partner to Nigeria Breweries Plc on
programme Christened Distributors Successors Forum
2013 -Date Corporate Tax Consultant to Ecom Agrotrading Nigeria
2026 -Date ESG and Sustainability Reporting Advisor
Chartered Institute of Directors (CIOD)
Vincent, O., & Evans, O. (2025). Digital taxation: Sustainable use of digitalisation and tax justice in Africa. In Ekhator et al. Taxation, Human Rights and Sustainable Developments: Global South Perspectives. Routledge
Vincent, O., & Evans, O. (2024). Fintech and tax revenues: does political institution matter? Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/16081625.2024.2356106
Imhanzenobe, J. Vincent, O. & Aworinde, O. (2024) IFRS Adoption and the Value-Relevance of Financial Statements Figures in Nigeria, Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems (JAMIS). https://ideas.repec.org/a/ami/journl/v23y2024i1p189-214.html
Evans, O., Nwaogwugwu, I., Vincent, O., Wale-Awe, O., Mesagan, E., & Ojapinwa, T. (2023). The socio-economics of the 2023 fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria. BizEcons Quarterly, 17, 12-32. https://ideas.repec.org/p/pra/mprapa/118360.html
Vincent, O., Stevenson, A. & Owolabi, A. (2023) Do sociodemographic characteristics of SME entrepreneurs influence their tax (non)compliance behaviour? Journal of Economic Criminology, Volume 1, 2023, 100008. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791423000088
Anetor, F. O. & Vincent, O. (2022) Do human capital and institutional environment constrain the impact of foreign direct investment flows on economic growth in Africa? Transnational Corporation. 29(3), 79-106.https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/diaeia2022d4a3_en.pdf
Vincent, O. (2021) The development of a scale to measure SMEs tax compliance in Nigeria: An adaptation of Fischer’s model. Journal of Accounting & Taxation, 13(3) 132-143, https://doi.org/10.5897/JAT2021.0479
Vincent, O. (2021) Assessing SMEs tax non-compliance behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): An insight from Nigeria. Cogent Business & Management, (1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1938930
Vincent, O. (2021). Central Banks’ Response to Inflation, Output Gap, and Exchange Rate in Nigeria and South Africa. Cogent Business & Management , 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1964689
Vincent, O., & Yusuff, K. (2020). Role of Industry Context in The Firm Environmental-Financial Performance Link: Evidence from the Extractive Sector. The Journal of Developing Areas, 54(1), DOI: http://org/10.1353/jda.2020.0009
Igwe, P.A., Ochinanwata, C., Ochinanwata, N., Adeyeye, J.O., Ikpor, I.M., Nwakpu, S.E., Egbo, O.P., Onyishi, I.E., Vincent, O., Nwekpa, K.C., Nwakpu, K.O., Adeoye, A.A., Odika, P.O., Fakah, H., Ogunnaike, O.O.and Umemezia, E.I. (2020), “Solidarity and social behaviour: how did this help communities to manage COVID-19 pandemic?”, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-07-2020-0276
Vincent, O. & Evans, O. (2019). Can cryptocurrency, mobile phones, and the internet herald sustainable financial sector development in emerging markets? Journal of Transnational Management, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1633170
Ikpesu, F., Vincent, O. & Dakare, O. (2019). Growth effect of trade and investment in sub-Saharan African countries: Empirical insight from panel corrected standard error (PCSE) technique. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1-13). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2019.1607127
Okereke, C., Vincent, O. & Mordi, C. (2018), Determinants of Nigerian managers’ environmental attitude: Africa’s Ubuntu ethics versus global capitalism. Thunderbird International Business Review. 60: 577–590. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/tie.21974