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The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) has appointed Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey as the new Vice-Chancellor of the university for a four year term with effect from January 1, 2017. The appointment was made at a special meeting of the University’s Governing Council held on Thursday, August 25, 2016 after the Council had received a report from the seven (7) member Search Committee which unanimously recommended him for the position. Prof. Abednego Okoe takes over from the pioneer Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joshua Alabi, whose tenure of office comes to an end on December 31, 2016.
Prof. Okoe is the sitting Pro-Vice - Chancellor of the University. Prior to that appointment, he served as the Dean of Faculty of Management Studies from 2014-2016, Head of Department for Marketing Department for two consecutive terms from 2008-2014, Head of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Unit from (2006-2008). He also served as a member of several statutory committees, ie, Academic Board, Appointment and Promotion Committee, Executive Committee and host of other ad-hoc committees of the University. He has also chaired a number of these committees, ie, Faculty Appointment and Review Committee, Examination Committee, Junior and Senior Staff Appointment Committee to mention a few.
Prof. Okoe is an Associate Professor in Management at the Department of Marketing. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Business Administration from Universidad Central de Nicaragua and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the Swiss Management Center, Switzerland (2009-2014). He also holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in Marketing (2012) and Master of Business Administration (MBA)-Marketing Option (2003), both from the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). Additionally, he holds an Advanced Certificate in Marketing (CIM – UK) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with Sociology (1992) from the University of Ghana . He had his Advanced Levels Certificate at Prempeh College, Kumasi (1988) and Ordinary Levels Certificate at Aquinas Secondary School, Osu (1986). He also belongs to several professional associations and has consistently served as a review panelist for CIMG Award nominees.
Prof Okoe has an international reputation and has attended and participated in several national and international conferences and has to his credit, in excess of sixty (60) scholarly publications, refereed conference papers and workshops. He has most of this scholarly publications in reputable and ranked journals including Emerald, Sage and Taylor and Francis. His papers are indexed in Scopus, Proquest, Ebscohost, Worldcat Ulrich’s, SSCI, JCR, CABI and ASCI-Database, among others. He has just been named in the prestigious Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2016 for the paper he co-authored "Consumers' attitude towards social media advertising and their behavioral response: the moderating role of corporate reputation" published in Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing 2015 Vol. 9 No.4..He has contributed immensely and in diverse ways to the growth of the University and has in his baggage over ten (10) implemented technical papers for the development of the University.
Prof Okoe was among the first batch of lecturers employed to augment the staff strength of the University when the degree programme was introduced. Prior to joining the University, he had worked in a number of reputable institutions including, All Nations University College, KNUST Commonwealth Executive MBA Programme, Central University College, University College of Management Studies, Primus Management and Marketing Consultants, Value Added Tax (VAT) Services ( now, Ghana Revenue Authority) and Fan Milk Limited.
Currently, he serves as the Vice President of Consumer Advocacy Centre-Ghana, an affiliate of Consumer International, in addition to his numerous community service activities.He also serves as an external assessor, reviewer and consultant for several institutions and journals both local and international. Prof. Okoe is a remarkable leader with exemplary character and professional integrity coupled with outstanding scholarly aptitude that have earned him an enviable international reputation in consultancy and a practitioner in the field of Marketing.
Prof Okoe was born on the 26th July 1967 in La, a suburb of Accra. He is an ardent charismatic christian and an ordained minister worshipping with the Revival Outreach Church. Prof Okoe is married with three (3) children.
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