Lagos Business School Strengthens, Announces New Hires

Lagos Business School is pleased to announce the addition of two seasoned experts to its faculty base: Dr. Oghenovo Obrimah and Marvel Ogah.

Dr Oghenovo Obrimah joins the Accounting, Finance and Economics department. Obrimah holds a Ph.D. in Business & Management, with a concentration in Finance and sub-specialisation in Economics from the RH Smith School of Business of the University of Maryland, College Park USA. He graduated with First Class Honors in Mathematics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1995. He was awarded a Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Economics at Yale University from 1999 to 2000, and has worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC and First City Merchant Bank PLC.

Obrimah’s research has been published in reputable journals such as the Journal of Economics and Business, the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, the African Development Review, and Annals of Financial Economics. His research interests span Venture Capital, IPOs, Public or Private Equity Markets, Financial Intermediation, Market Structure or Equilibrium, Fundamental Asset Pricing, and Monetary Policy.

Marvel Ogah joins the Operations department. Ogah holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an MBA in operations management from the Ambrose Alli University, and a PGD in Chemical Engineering from University of Lagos.

Prior to his transition from the industry to academia, Ogah has held various leadership positions within multinational environments (Colodense Nigeria Plc, SC Johnson Nigeria, and Hello Products Limited). He has over 18 years’ experience of working and leading manufacturing operations teams towards capability building, operations strategy, business process improvement, process efficiency sustainability and lean enterprise.​