2023 – ABERS Elected Executive Board
President
Patricia Cummins, Ph.D. (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
Professeur de français et d'études internationales
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (USA)
Immediate Past President
Waswa Balunywa, Ph.D. (Kampala, Uganda)
Principal (Dean) Makerere University Business School – MUBS
Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda)
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
Vice President for Program
Issouf Soumaré, Ph.D. (Quebec, Canada)
Professor of Finance Laval University, Quebec (Canada) & SOUMARÉ University (Ivory Coast)
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)
Executive Secretary and Treasurer
Pierre Yourougou, Ph.D. (New York, USA & Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast)
Professor, Institut National Polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny,
Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Entrepreneur and Executive Vice President Ethicann Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
Brandon Price, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur and Executive Vice President Ethicann Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and
Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Universidad Panamericana (Mexico)
Associate Professor of Business Communication and Media
Houssine Soussi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business Communication and Media
Professor of Marketing
Tom Gillpatrick, Ph.D.
Juan Young Professor of Marketing
School of Business Portland State University
Portland, Oregon USA
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
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)
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
Professor Kiebach Chair in International Business
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
Professor, Director and Chair, Master of Management Degree
(Entrepreneurship)
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)
Professor of Strategy, Operations & Supply Chain
Nermine Atteya, Ph.D. (Michigan, USA)
Professor of Strategy, Operations & Supply Chain
School of Business, Madonna University (USA)
Université de la Réunion, Réunion
Isabelle Ramdiale, Ph.D. (Réunion, France)
Université de la Réunion, Réunion
Economist at the World Bank
Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Ph.D.
Economist at the World Bank, Washington, USA
Director of ENSEA Abidjan
Ancien membre du Conseil
Ancien membre du Conseil
Ben Amoaku-Ado, Ph.D. (Ontario, Canada)
Professor, The Economical Insurance Group Professor of Finance
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo (Canada)