By Dipo Olowookere
The duo of Messrs Oghenovo Obrimah and Marvel Ogah has been hired by the Lagos Business School (LBS) in a bid to fortify the institution’s teaching workshop.
The pair has distinguished themselves in their various fields.
While Mr Obrimah joins the Accounting, Finance and Economics department of the LBS, Mr Ogah joins the Operations department.
Mr Obrimah holds a Ph.D. in Business & Management, with a concentration in Finance and sub-specialisation in Economics from the RH Smith School of Business of the University of Maryland, College Park USA.
He graduated with First Class Honours in Mathematics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1995. He was awarded a Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Economics at Yale University from 1999 to 2000, and has worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC and First City Merchant Bank PLC.
His research has been published in reputable journals such as the Journal of Economics and Business, the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, the African Development Review, and Annals of Financial Economics.
Mr Obrimah’s research interests span Venture Capital, IPOs, Public or Private Equity Markets, Financial Intermediation, Market Structure or Equilibrium, Fundamental Asset Pricing, and Monetary Policy.
On his part, Mr Ogah holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an MBA in operations management from the Ambrose Alli University, and a PGD in Chemical Engineering from University of Lagos.
Prior to his transition from the industry to academia, Mr Ogah has held various leadership positions within multinational environments (Colodense Nigeria Plc, SC Johnson Nigeria, and Hello Products Limited).
He has over 18 years’ experience of working and leading manufacturing operations teams towards capability building, operations strategy, business process improvement, process efficiency sustainability and lean enterprise.
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