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Deji O. Olagboye PhD. MSc. FCA. ACITN. is a Lecturer in Business and Management at the School of Leadership, Management, and Marketing, Leicester Castle Business School, De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University. He holds PhD in Business and Management Studies (De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University), MSc (Distinction) in Accounting and Finance (De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University), PGCert in International Business (De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University), HND in Accounting, and OND in Financial Studies. He is also a Fellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).

His PhD focused mainly on Enterprise Survival and Growth: Classification, Structures, and Policy Development in Nigeria. During his PhD, he was a Part-Time Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University.

Before joining academia, he held various leadership roles in the financial service industry and professional practice - Head Energy Desk, Branch Manager, Team Lead Business Banking and Relationship Manager SME/Local Corporate. He has over fifteen (15) years of professional practice and industry experience. He also had volunteering engagements - Head, Credit Risk Management RMF/RCCG Multipurpose Cooperative Society, and Member School Leadership Team in charge of Administration for RMF/RCCG Business and Entrepreneurship Skill Acquisition Centre (BESAC). His many years of experience in the financial service industry, small business development and funding, and professional practice has largely driven his current research interests in entrepreneurship and SMEs, business development and sustainability, innovation and change management, strategy process and practice, and institutions.

The Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)

Olagboye, D.O., Mafimisebi, O.P., Obembe, D., Beta, K.W. (2023). Natural Resources, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, and Poverty Reduction in Resource-Rich African Countries: The Missing Link. In: Adomako, S., Danso, A., Boateng, A. (eds) Corporate Sustainability in Africa. Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.  

Olagboye, D.O., Obembe, D., and Okafor, G., (2022). ‘Enterprise Survival and Growth: A Conceptual Exposition of Entrepreneurial Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa'. In Kolade, S., Rae, D., Obembe, D., and Woldesenbet Beta, K., (Eds). The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship: London. (See )

• SME/Enterprise survival and growth
• Sustainable business/entrepreneurship
• Business ethics and Fairtrade 
• Business innovation and change management
• Strategic process and practice
• Corporate governance and social responsibility
• Business financial management and solutions

• Business Continuity Management
• Business Innovation
• Leadership and Change Management
• Organisational Management and Strategy
• Business Management and Sustainability

• PhD Business and Management Studies
• MSc (Distinction) Accounting and Finance
• PGCert in International Business
• HND in Accountancy
• ND in Financial Studies

• Module Leader - Contemporary Business Issues - UG Level 6
• Leadership and Change Management - MSc IB Suite
• Global Contemporary Business Issues - UG Level 6
• Business and Sustainability - UG Level 5
• Managing Change and Innovation - UG Level 5

Master of Science with Distinction, 51³Ô¹Ïapp Leicester, UK 2008
Student Representative Achievement Award, 51³Ô¹Ïapp Leicester, UK 2008
Commendation for Outstanding Performance, 51³Ô¹Ïapp Leicester, UK 2007

• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
• Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN)

• The East Midlands Top 500 Businesses Index (2021) /documents/about-dmu-documents/news/top500-brochure-30.6.21.final.pdf
• The East Midlands Top 500 Businesses Index (2020) - /research/centres-institutes/cei/east-midlands-top-500-  businesses.aspx
• The Local Contracting and Sub-contracting Research – Leicester City Council and De 51³Ô¹Ïapp University (2020). 

Olagboye, D.O., Obembe, D., and Okafor, G., (2023). 'Informal Entrepreneurship and Institutionalisation: The Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurial Motivation on Willingness to Institutionalise', British Academy of Management Conference. University of Sussex, 1 - 6 September 2023. Brighton.