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Add\/delete rows as necessary.)<\/em><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>DEGREE<\/p><p><em>(if applicable)<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"105\"><p>Completion Date<\/p><p>MM\/YYYY<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"172\"><p>FIELD OF STUDY<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>University of Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>Bachelors<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>PGD<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>MSc<\/p><\/td><td width=\"105\"><p>Sept, 1988<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Jan, 1992<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>August, 1999<\/p><\/td><td width=\"172\"><p>Agriceconomics<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Financial Management<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Agriceconomics<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>MSc<\/p><\/td><td width=\"105\"><p>July, 2004<\/p><\/td><td width=\"172\"><p>Economics<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>Ph.D<\/p><\/td><td width=\"105\"><p>April, 2011<\/p><\/td><td width=\"172\"><p>Banking and Finance<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>University of London, UK<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Grad. Diploma<\/p><\/td><td width=\"105\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>August, 2018<\/p><\/td><td width=\"172\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>International Development<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/p><p>Dr. Obademi Olalekan Emmanuel is an Associate Professor of Finance with specialization in Public Finance, Development Finance, Financial Policy and Bank Performance Analysis, with over thirty years of both private sector, public sector and donor-development sector experience. He comfortably combines theory with practice in impacting knowledge on my students and in my research undertakings. My training in Banking and Finance, Economics, Financial Management, International Development and Agriceconomics has availed me the opportunity of a broader view and depth in the application of the principles of finance and theories of economics in addressing real-life contemporary societal problems with the objective of finding useful solutions to them in our national space and the global space.<\/p><p>\u00a0Dr. Obademi\u2019s work experience started in the Banking Industry from where he moved to the Insurance Industry, International Development Organizations, Consulting, the Public Sector as the Technical Adviser to the Minister for National Planning and University Lecturer in two Universities in Nigeria. \u00a0He is an alumnus of the World Bank Institute with extensive consulting work experience in Public Financial Management, Economic Policy Conceptualization and Analysis, Governance Assessment and Evaluation as well as Agribusiness.<\/p><p>I am passionate about helping to train globally competitive and compliant students as well as raise the needed competent manpower for the economic and social space across nations of the earth. To date, Dr Obademi has fifty publications in both local and foreign peer-reviewed journals and has also authored three books titled \u201cMoney, Banking and the Economy\u201d \u201cManagement of Financial Institutions\u201d \u201cBasics of Entrepreneurship and Project Analysis\u201d.<\/p><p>In International Development and Consulting, my work life in the development sector has been in diverse capacities up to the level of a <strong>Chief of Party and Country Team Leader <\/strong>in multicultural environments and have also been a Lead Consultant on diverse donor supported projects funded by <strong>DFID, USAID, FAO, EU, UNDP, UNICEF<\/strong>\u00a0and the <strong>World Bank.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Acting Head of Department (Ag. HOD), Department of Finance, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, 2022 \u2013 2024.<\/li><li>Postgraduate Programme Coordinator\/Representative 2018 \u2013 2019<\/li><li>Coordinator of The Policy Discussions and Analysis Forum 2014 -,2017<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>1.Obademi Olalekan and Olanrewaju Azeez, Olorunfemi Oladele and Habeebah Fa-Yusuf (2025) \u201cThe impact of exchange rate variability and volatility on economic growth: Evidence from Nigeria\u201d <em><i>African Development Finance Journal<\/i><\/em>Vol 8, No 4 pp 99 \u2013 111 University of Nairobi, Kenya.<\/li><li>Obademi Olalekan, Olagunju Adebayo and Ogunbona Oluwaseun (2024) Informal financial systems and poverty reduction in developing countries: Evidence from Nigeria\u201d African Development Finance Journal Vol 7 No 3 pp 1 \u2013 14 University of Nairobi, Kenya.<\/li><li>Egbayelo Joseph and <strong>Obademi Olalekan<\/strong>(2023) \u201cEntrepreneurial Finance and Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria\u201d <em><i>African Development Finance Journal<\/i><\/em>. \u00a0Vol 5 No 1 pp 21 -35 University of Nairobi, Kenya.<\/li><li>Basiru Umoru and <strong>Obademi Olalekan<\/strong>, Abass Shiro, Joy Iyiegbuniwe, Kareem Arikewuyo (2023) \u201cDeterminants of Firm Value; Using Selected Accounting Ratios in Nigerian Banks\u201d <em><i>African Development Finance Journal<\/i><\/em>. Vol 5 No 2 pp 1-20. University of Nairobi, Kenya.<\/li><li>Adebayo Olagunju, Esther Adenle and <strong><b>Olalekan Obademi<\/b><\/strong>(2023) \u201cSustainability Reporting and Earning Management of Listed Non-Financial Firms in Nigeria\u201d <em><i>Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava,<\/i><\/em>Vol 31 No 52<\/li><\/ol><p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong> <strong><b>Collaborators\/ Networks (International inclusive<\/b><\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Professor Akanmu Adebayo: Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA<\/li><li>Prof Bayo Olagunju, Osun State University, Nigeria.<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>DrSeye Mokuolu: Ekiti State, University, Nigeria<\/li><\/ul><ol><li>Layiwola Ojumu, Lagos University of Science and Technology, Ikorodu, Lagos.<\/li><li>Dr Adenike Egunjobi, University of Lagos, Nigeria<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): DR NAME: OBADEMI, OLALEKAN EMMANUEL POSITION:\u00a0ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Specialization: Public Finance, Development Finance, Bank Performance Analysis. 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