Executive Committee
Leadership of the Africa Academy of Management
The Executive Committee provides strategic leadership and oversees the operations of AFAM. They ensure the organization fulfills its mission to advance management education and research across Africa.
Prof. Judy N. Muthuri, PhD, (University of Nottingham, UK)
Current Affiliation
Mona School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Prof. Muthuri’s research interests are in Business and Society covering a range of topics including responsible mining; stakeholder engagement; theorising corporate responsibility and sustainability; multi-stakeholder partnerships; corporate social investments; education for sustainable development; and participatory methodologies. She is the Section Editor, Global Issues and Business Ethics of the Journal of Business Ethics and serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals.
President
Prof. Samuel Aryee, PhD, (McMaster University, Canada)
Current Affiliation
University of Surrey, UK
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Prof. Aryee’s research interests include strategic human resource management, services management, organizational justice, work-family interface, employee-organization relationship, and workplace safety. He is currently an associate editor of AJOM and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.
Vice President
Prof. Amanuel Tekleab, PhD, (University of Maryland, College Park)
Current Affiliation
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Prof. Tekleab’s research interests include employment relationships (psychological contracts, LMX, POS, Trust), leadership, idiosyncratic (individualized) deals, teams and team process, justice, organizational change, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He is currently Associate Editor of Group & Organization Management and Journal of Business Research, and he serves on the editorial boards of other journals and reviews for several journals.
Treasurer
Dr. Bella L. Galperin, PhD, (Concordia University)
Current Affiliation
The University of Tampa
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Galperin’s interests include leadership (in Africa and the African diaspora), international management, ethics, and workplace deviance- destructive and constructive. She co-authored two books entitled, Essentials of Leadership in Africa (shortlisted for BCA African Business Book of the Year Awards 2025) and LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the African diaspora.
Deputy Treasurer
Dr. Julie Nyanjom, PhD, (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Current Affiliation
School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Dr. Nyanjom conducts research in organizational behaviour, and explores emotions, personal and professional learning and development, inclusion, and sustainable management practices and their related impacts on organisations and society. Julie is also an active researcher in education pedagogy, with specific interest in impacts of emotions in Online Learning Environments. She is Associate editor of Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) journal and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals
Secretary
Dr. Nathaniel Adebayo, PhD, (Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria)
Current Affiliation
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria
Research Interest
Dr Adebayo’s research interests are in Entrepreneurship, Poverty Dynamics, Informal Business Sector, Entrepreneurship Education, Gender Issues in Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development and Family Business. He is an Associate Editor of Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal (RMRJ) of San Jose University, Cebu City, the Philippines. He is also a member of Editorial Boards of several other journals.
Deputy Secretary
Dr. Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim, PhD, (Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, USA)
Current Affiliation
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Dr. Ibrahim’s research interests include sustainable supply chain management, responsible sourcing, global value chain governance and resilience, and green technology management and adoption. She also focuses on areas related to Africa sustainable development and responsible management education in Africa. She is Associate Editor for IEEE Engineering Management Review.
Program Chair
Dr. Natasha Winkler-Titus, PhD, (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Current Affiliation
Stellenbosch University Business School, Cape Town, South Africa
Professional Profile
Research Interest
The central phenomenon of interest is to understand the changing world of work as a grand challenge and its impact on organizational process and practice. Therefore, my central research goal is to build theory in responsibly lead organizational change as an inclusive practice in the context of digital disruption.
Deputy Program Chair
Dr. Guy B. N’Jambong, PharmD, (Paris-Saclay University, FR)
Current Affiliation
World Health Organization, Dakar, Senegal
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Dr. N’Jambong’s research interests are in agencification and serialization in pharmaceutical systems and value chains, focusing on governance, regulation, production, and supply chain to improve access to health products and advance universal health coverage in Africa.
Communication Director
Prof. Motshedisi Mathibe, PhD, (University of Pretoria)
Current Affiliation
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria
Professional Profile |LinkedIn
Research Interest
My research explores women entrepreneurship, circular economy practices, and financial inclusion within emerging markets. I focus on the dynamics of informal and township economies, examining how AI and digital transformation can empower entrepreneurs. My work integrates sustainability, innovation, and inclusive growth to advance entrepreneurial ecosystems in Africa and beyond.
Executive Director 1
Prof. Mahamadou Biga Diambeidou, PhD, (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Current Affiliation
University of Oxford and Catholic University of Louvain
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Prof. Biga-Diambeidou’s current research interest lies with university-led sustainable innovative entrepreneurship as a catalyst within entrepreneurial ecosystems; the co-evolution of institutions, policy, and innovation for climate and development transitions; and advancing globally relevant management scholarship through collaborative research platforms such as the SIEWA Initiative. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of African Business and serves on multiple editorial boards.
Executive Director 2
Prof. Moses Acquaah, PhD, (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Current Affiliation
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Professional Profile
Research Interest
Prof. Acquaah’s research interests include social capital and networking in emerging economies; competitive strategy in emerging economies; family business and entrepreneurship in emerging economies; management and strategic control in organizations; and transfer, diffusion, and management of innovation. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African Business and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.
Immediate Past President (2023 – 2025)
The Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) is a premier association for academics focused on management in Africa, fostering collaboration among scholars in Africa and the Diaspora.