TITLE (PROF/DR/): Dr.

 

NAME: Simeon Emezana Ifere

 

POSITION: Associate Professor

SPECIALISATION:

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if

applicable)

Completion Date

MM/YYYY

FIELD OF STUDY

Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria

HND

1986

Building/Civil Engineering

University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos Nigeria

B.Sc.

1994

Business Administration

Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria

Research fellow, Swansea University, Swansea, UK

MBA

MPhil/PhD

1998

2009

2012

HRM

Business Administration

A. Personal Statement

I am a strategic management expert with a focus on organisational effectiveness. I have extensive industry experience, which includes 25 years in two multinationals – Elf and Total, now TotalEnergies. Since becoming an academic, I have undertaken consultancy activities in operations and turnaround management at TotlaEnergies, Oando Plc., Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) amongst others. I am also involved in human resource training and development and have carried out training of executives / managers of various organisations.

I continue to pursue real-world relevant studies to empower partitioners as they seek to successfully navigate an increasingly volatile business world.

B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours
  • Director of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Programme of University of Lagos Business School, 2020 to date.
  • Pioneer Coordinator of EMBA Programme, University of Lagos Business School, 2018-2022
  • Fellow Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered), 18th May 2017.
  • Member, School of Postgraduate Studies Board, 2019-2022, 2024 to date.
  • Member, University of Lagos Business School Academic Board, 2018 to date.
  • Member, Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited Board of Directors (NED), 2020 to date.
  • Member, Maranatha University Governing Council, 2024 to date.
  • Guest Editor, Strategic Change Journal, 2022.
C. Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 
  1. Ifere, S.E., & Anyaogu, S.O. (2024). Innovation and competitive advantage in Nigeria’s deregulated downstream sector of oil and gas industry. Unilag Journal of Business 10(1), 114- 125
  2. Abugre, J.B., Lamptey, Y., Ifere, S., & Nyuur, R. (2023). Human resources management practices in the oil and gas industry. In  J.Y. Abor & A. Karimu (eds.), Sustainable management in the oil and gas industry: Emerging and developing country perspectives (pp. 20-25). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
  3. Ifere, S. E., Nyuur, B. R., Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Ochie, C. (2022). Unconnected to global network: Infrastructural deficit in Africa. Strategic Change, 31, 117-128, DOI: 10.1002/jsc.2482
  1. Ifere, S.E., & Onyemaobi, C.A. (2021). Service quality and customer satisfaction: An analysis of water supply in Lagos. Advances in Management, 20(1), 97-118.
  1. Amankwah-Amoah, J., Khan, Z., Ifere, S.E., Nyuur, R.B., & Khan, H. (2021).

           Entrepreneurs’ learning from business failures: An emerging-market perspective.

           British Journal of Management,  https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12557

 

D.

Collaborators/ Networks

(International inclusive)

  1. Prof. Joesph Amankwah Amoah, Prof of International Business, Durham University Business School, Durham. England.
  2. Prof. Richard Nyuur, Prof. of International Business, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
  3. Dr. Raphael Oseghale, Associate Professor in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.
  4. Prof. Abdulhammed A. Sulaimon, Prof. of Business Administration, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos.
  5. Dr. Christopher Ebegbatale, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos