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Dr. Linus Adama
Dr. Linus Adama is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Nigeria. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Management (Entrepreneurship), an MBA, an M.Sc. in Management Sciences, and a B.Sc. in Management Studies. His teaching and research focus on strategic management, entrepreneurship, innovation management, organizational resilience, sustainability, human resource management, corporate governance, and SME development. His current research explores strategic leadership, digital transformation, innovation, and sustainable organizational resilience, with emphasis on manufacturing firms and SMEs in developing economies. Dr. Adama has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and presented papers at national and international conferences. He actively supervises postgraduate research, contributes to curriculum development, and engages in international research collaborations. A member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) (NIM) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), he is committed to advancing evidence-based management scholarship and promoting sustainable organizational and economic development.
Mr. Matjaž Kovač
He holds a master's degree in law and is an expert in public procurement, commercial law, and taxation, as well as a prolific author in these fields. He is a university lecturer specializing in commercial law and public administration, and he develops professional course materials for these subjects. He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation in the fields of financial and tax law at the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor. He has authored six scholarly monographs on commercial and tax law. He is also the executive director and owner of Leksiakov d.o.o., a consultancy firm based in Maribor, Slovenia, that operates in the fields of law, economics, and taxation. For several years, he has successfully organized—independently or in partnership with others—various training courses covering commercial, contract, and labor law, public procurement and public-private partnerships, and construction law. He also participates in various international seminars and conferences focused on law and economics, and collaborates with various publishing houses and institutions on the publication of articles, books, and professional monographs.
Dr. Rasak Adetunji Adefabi
Dr. Rasak Adetunji Adefabi is a distinguished Nigerian academic, administrator, and Development Economist currently serving as a Reader in Economics and Senate member at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo. He earned a first-class degree in Education Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, followed by a Master's and a Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan. Dr. Adefabi rose from an administrative officer to Chief Lecturer, eventually serving as Provost of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education from 2014 to 2022, where he led major academic, ICT, and infrastructural advancements. His core research interests lie in Development Finance, sustainable development, and economic growth. His scholarly contributions have earned him prestigious Ph.D. and research grants from the African Economic Research Consortium. Additionally, he is a Fellow of both the Institute of Economists of Nigeria and the Institute of Corporate Administration, and has been honored as a Justice of the Peace.
Dr. Sanja Grubacic
Sanja Grubacic is a Professor of Economics at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. degree in Economics at the University of Connecticut with a specialization in International Economics. Her teaching and research encompass topics in international economics and finance, with the focus on exchange rate determination and economics of transition. She has presented her work at numerous conferences, and her papers were published in the Atlantic Economic Journal, Economics of Planning, Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research, and International Journal of Pluralism and Economic Education.
Mr. Muhammad Ilham
Besides his primary role as a family man, he is a creative digital entrepreneur living in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Management at Gadjah Mada University (UGM). Previously, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting at UPN Veteran Yogyakarta. Outside of work and his busy schedule, I have a strong interest in sports and photography. I also have fond memories of winning various championships in elementary and junior high school.
Dr. Irvine Langton
Irvine Langton holds a PhD in Logistics and supply chain management. He is a Senior lecturer under the faculty of management sciences at Vaal University of Technology, South Africa. His areas of research include Logistics and Transportation, Supply chain management and supply chain resiliency.
Dr. Senyo Amponsah
He specializes in online consumer behaviour & sustainable consumption, and AI anthropomorphism in services marketing. He’s a product of the University of Ghana Business School, and Chungbuk National University, where he was awarded the GKS scholarship. He holds a Ph.D in Business Administration from Yeungnam University.
Dr. Shazida Jan Mohd
Shazida Jan Mohd Khan is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, where she has dedicated over 28 years to academia. She is also an Associate Research Fellow at the Economic and Financial Policy Institute (ECOFI) and currently serves as Executive Director for the Cooperative and Entrepreneurship Development Institute, contributing significantly to the field of Economics with a focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Microfinancing, and Empowerment.
Ms. Jennifer Simone Davis-Adesegha
Jennifer Simone Davis-Adesegha hails from the beautiful paradise of Barbados. In addition to being a Research Associate with Cloud Analytika-London, UK, Jennifer also works with an international bank as an Operational Loss Manager in the Caribbean banking sector. She holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. Jennifer has over 20 years’ banking experience in branch banking, operations management, corporate security, risk management and crisis recovery strategies. Her primary research interests span across fraud management, operational loss management and risk & crisis management strategies in the financial services industry. Over the years, Jennifer has not only presented at various conferences, but also authored and published over thirty articles in various peer-reviewed international journals, with articles mainly covering areas of bank crisis management and recovery strategies.