OJO, Joshua Adewale Thompson

College of Business and Social Sciences
Covenant University, Ota. Ogun State. Nigeria.
Telephone:
• Office: 234-1-790-0724, 791-3282
-790-1081, 791-3283
• Residence: 01-4736757
01-8966812
• Mobile: +234-80-23436590
E-mail: adewaletojo@yahoo.com

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: December 3, 1941, Ikogosi Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA
NATIONALITY: Nigerian (at birth and at present)
CIVIL STATUS: Married with children
EDUCATION:
INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED, QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED AND DATES
(i) University of Wales, U.K. Ph.D. Financial Economics 1971-74
(ii) University of Leeds, U. K. M.A. Development Economics & Finance 1969-70
(iii) University of Ife, Nigeria B.Sc. (Hons) Economics 1965-68

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
i. Banking Diploma & Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers, London, Qualified since Aug. 1968
ii. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB)
iii. Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultant (FIMC)
iv. Member of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI)
v. Life Member of the Nigerian Economic Society (LMES)
vi. Fellow of the Nigerian Finance Association (FNIFA)
vii. Member of the Nigerian Chapter of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB)

FINANCIAL & MANAGEMENT EXPERT/CONSULTANT
• Project Development, Management & Performance Evaluation
• Business Restructuring, Assessment And Re-engineering
• Financing of Rural, Micro & SME Projects
• SME Advisory Work/Business And Financial Planning, Development & Management
• Integrated Rural Development & Integration of Formal & Informal Financial Sectors

RELEVANT SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE & CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
 Names and Brief Description of Project FROM 1996 - 2003
1996 – 2003
• Training courses in bank and business restructuring, and planning for banks and business firms in both the private and public sectors. Participated on various occasions both in a team with other consultants and as supervisor in the negotiation of project financing.

• Leading Consultant to the World Bank & Central Bank of Nigeria in a country – wide study of Nigeria’s Rural Financial Institutions – to determine their sustainability in financing rural enterprises and recommend needed adaptability.

• Leading Consultants to the Central Bank of Nigeria in a study of survey and appraise the operations of community banks and to recommend measures to revitalize them for effective provision of rural savings and micro-credit facilities.
 
 1993 – 96
• Consultant to Continental Merchant Bank Plc in Research and Staff Training
• Consultant to banks and business firms on restructuring and planning
• Consultant in Banking & Finance to the Presidential Advisory Committee at the Presidency, Abuja, Nigeria.

1988 – 92
Member of Investigation Panel appointed by the Odua Investment Company Group to investigate the Affairs of a poorly performing Lagos Airport Hotel Ltd. And to recommend measures to restructure and revive it.

INDIA 1991
Resource Person/Consultant to UN Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT), to prepare Workshop Paper and lead International Workshop on “Integration of Housing Finance Systems in Developing Countries” held in Goa, India June 1991.

YUGOSLAVIA 1990
 Member of International Group of Experts on External Debt and Development”, Organized by UN Development Program and World Scientific Banking Council, Belgrade in 1990.

LESOTHO 1989
 Member of a Team of Deans of Law and Business in African Universities that visited Lesotho in February 1989 to evaluate the Curriculum for Multinational Corporations, organized by the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations.
AUSTRIA 1978 – 80
 Appointment as Senior International Money & Finance Analyst with OPEC, Vienna.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(i). Banking Job (Cashier/Banking Accountant) at Barclays Bank, 1961 – 1965
(ii). Government Auditor with the Western State of Nigeria Public Service 1968 – 1975
      - Auditing Accountants of Government & Public Enterprises.
(iii). Teaching and Research in Banking and Finance at the University of Lagos 1975 – 2004
(iv). Teaching and Research in Banking and Finance at Covenant University, 2004 to date.
Ota Nigeria.

RELEVANT ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGERIAL POSITIONS
1981 – 87 Head of Department of Finance at University of Lagos
1987 – 1992 & 1994 – 95 Dean of Business Administration, University of Lagos
1995 – 2001 Director of Distance Learning institute, University of Lagos
2005 – 2006 Dean, College of Business and Social Sciences, Covenant
University, Ota. Ogun State.
2004 – 2006 Head of Department of Banking and Finance, Covenant
University, Ota. Ogun State.

PUBLICATIONS
(a). Thesis Ojo, J. A. T. (1974), “Financial Sector and Economic Development, with special reference to the Nigerian Capital Market”, Ph.D Thesis, University of Wales, (xvi, 432 pp).
(b). Books and Monographs: 14 in Number on Finance & Banking, Business & Financial Management, Economic and Industrial Development and Management.
(c). Contributions to Books: 25 in Number on Finance & Banking, Business & Financial Management, Economic and Industrial Development and Management.
(d). Articles: Published in Reputable Refereed Journals; Over 40 in Number on Finance & Banking, Business & Financial Management, Economic and Industrial Development and Management.

BOOK BEING PUBLISHED (2006)
OJO, Ade T., Maladapted Financial System – Reforming Tasks In Nigeria.
(To be published by Covenant University in 2006)

CURRENT RESEARCH
1. Country-wide Survey of Problems Constraining The SMEs In Nigeria’s Development.
2. Informal Capital Markets In Nigeria’s Development – Sustainability and Needed Adaptation.
3. Problems of Globalization in Trade and Finance for Developing Countries.

CURRENT TEACHING AREAS
1. International Banking and Finance.
2. Development Banking and Finance.
3. Micro and SME Finance
4. Financial Intermediation and Financial Markets.
5. Petroleum Finance and Investment.