Executive Board
2022 – ABERS Elected Executive Board
President: Patricia Cummins, Ph.D.
(Richmond, Virginia, USA)
Professor of French and International Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (USA)
pcummins@vcu.edu
Immediate Past President: Waswa Balunywa, Ph.D.
(Kampala, Uganda)
Principal (Dean) Makerere University Business School –
MUBS
Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda)
wbalunywa@mubs.ac .ug
Vice President for Partnership Development: Van R.
Wood, Ph.D.
(Richmond, USA)
Professor of International Marketing
Philip Morris Endowed Chair in International Business
Virginia Commonwealth University
vrwood@vcu.edu
Vice President for Program: Issouf Soumaré, Ph.D.
(Quebec, Canada)
Professor of Finance
Laval University, Quebec (Canada) & SOUMARÉ
University (Ivory Coast)
Issouf.Soumare@fsa.ulaval.ca
Vice President Communication and Membership:
Evelyn Odonkor, Ph.D.
(Paris, France)
Professor of International Business, American University
of Paris and
Professor of Marketing and Management, and Head of
International Exchange Program, Université Paris
Dauphine (France)
evelyn.odonkor@gmail.com
Vice President Publications and Editor of Journal of Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research (JABER): Charles Adjasi, Ph.D.
(Cape Town, South
Africa)
Professor of Development Finance and Economics
University of Stellenbosch Business School
University of Stellenbosch
Cape Town, South Africa
charlesa@usb.ac.za
Associate VP Publications: Constant Beugre, Ph.D.
(Delaware, USA)
Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship
Department of Business Administration College of
Business
Delaware State University, Dover (USA)
cbeugre@desu.edu
Chair of 2023 Conference Organizing Committee: Noufel Ghiffi, Ph.D.
(Marrakech, Morocco)
Professor, Center for New Business Practices
Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques, et Sociales
University Cadi Ayyad
Marrakech, Morocco
nghiffi@yahoo.fr
Executive Secretary and Treasurer: Pierre Yourougou,
Ph.D.
(New York, USA & Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast)
Professor
Institut National Polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny,
Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
pyourougou@msn.com
Peter Koveos, Ph.D.
(New York, USA)
Professor
Kiebach Chair in International Business
Director, Kiebach Center for International Business
Executive Director of Africa Business Program
Syracuse University,
peter@syr.edu
Boris Urban, Ph.D.
(Johannesburg, South Africa)
Professor
Director and Chair, Master of Management Degree
(Entrepreneurship)
Graduate School of Business Administration (Wits
Business School), WBS, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Boris.Urban@wits.ac.za
Nermine Atteya, Ph.D.
(Michigan, USA)
Professor of Strategy, Operations & Supply Chain
School of Business
Madonna University (USA)
natteya@madonna.edu
Isabelle Ramdiale, Ph.D.
(Réunion, France)
Université de la Réunion, Réunion
isabelle.soubaya@univ-reunion.fr
Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Ph.D.
Economist at the World
Bank, Washington, USA
ftchanatchana@worldbank.org
Hugues Kouadio, Ph.D.
Director of ENSEA Abidjan,
Ivory Coast
hkouadio@ensea.ed.ci
Executive Board
Past Member of the Board
Ben Amoaku-Ado, Ph.D.
(Ontario, Canada)
Professor
The Economical Insurance Group Professor of Finance
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo (Canada)
bamoakoadu@wlu.ca