Dr. Wahid Damilola Olanipekun

Dr. Olanipekun is a Faculty Member in the College of Management and Information Technology and Director of the Collaboration, Research and Consultancy Centre in American International University, West Africa (AIUWA), The Gambia. Prior to joining AIUWA, he was an academic staff in the Department of Management and Accounting, Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria. He was also the Coordinator, School of Management Sciences, AbdulRaheem College of Advanced Studies (An Affiliate of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin) and a Facilitator/Adjunct Lecturer at Kwara State University MBA School. He is a visiting Faculty member with Nobel International Business School, Ghana and Swiss Business School, Zurich, Switzerland.

As a strategy, management and leadership consultant, he has over a decade experience in consulting for Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria. He is the Managing Partner, First-Class Smart Consult Limited, an indigenous multi-sector consultancy firm that provides cutting edge, cost effective and evidence based sustainable solutions to organizations in line with global best practices.

He holds a B.Sc. (Business Administration), M.Tech. (Management Science) and Ph.D. Business Administration (Management) from Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso and Kwara State University, Malete respectively. He holds Global Business Educator Certificate from X-Culture; a large-scale experiential learning exercise designed to provide students with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in international virtual collaboration. He also holds a Professional Certificates in Data Processing and Management Information System, Sustainable Development and Business Ethics and Social Responsibility from University of Ilorin, Kwara State; International Business Management Institute, Berlin, Germany; Metropolitan School of Business and Management, United Kingdom respectively.

He is a Fellow of International Association of Research Scholars & Administrators, Fellow of and Governing Council Member of the Institute of Classic Entrepreneurship, Nigeria, Fellow and Vice President of African Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Fellow and Country President of Global Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is also a Full Member of the Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria, Member of Nigerian Institute of Management and a Certified Teacher with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.

Dr. Olanipekun’s thesis was awarded Number One Most Consulted Doctoral Thesis and Third Most Retrieved Postgraduate Thesis in the Library of Congress & Proquest Data Base of Kwara State University, Malete between 2019- 2020. He has attended and presented papers in learned conferences and has over seventy (70) publications in both national and international journals of high repute. His research interests include Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, CSR and Sustainable Development.