Enase Felicia Okonedo is the vice-chancellor of the

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and a former dean of the

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(LBS), a graduate business school of

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. She was dean of Lagos Business School for 11 years and was succeeded by

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. In 2017 Okonedo was voted as one of ''Business Day's'' top 50 most influential

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(36th).

Education

Okonedo holds a BSc in

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from the University of Benin, an MBA from the

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, and a Doctorate in

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from the

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Career

In 2009, Okonedo became the dean of the LBS where she oversees the strategic direction and all academic and administrative matters of the school. In 2013, during her leadership, the LBS established the Centre for Research in Leadership and Ethics (CRLE) and the Centre for Competitiveness and Strategy (CCS). Prior to her position as dean, Okonedo was a full-time member of faculty, teaching courses in corporate financial management and financial strategy. Before taking up a research associate position at LBS Okonedo was a banker for several years. Between 2012 and 2013 Okonedo was the chairperson of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS), and a member of the board until 2016. Okonedo was a member of the Senate and governing council of

. In November 2015 she was conferred as a Fellow of the Society of Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN) and elected to the

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(AACSB) international board of directors, as of 2018 she serves as the secretary-treasurer and executive committee member of the AACSB. Okonedo is a fellow of the

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(FCA) and a fellow of the

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(IAM). Okonedo is on the academic advisory board for the Global Business School Network (GBSN) and for the

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. Okonedo is also the President of the AIFA Reading Society,

and on the panel of advisors for the Africa Initiative for Governance.

Media

Okonedo and her work have appeared in the ''

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'' (2014) and ''The Business Year'' (2017).

References

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