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University of Ghana Council Appoints First Female Finance Professor

University of Ghana Council Appoints First Female Finance Professor

The University of Ghana Council has appointed Prof. Vera Ogeh Fiador as the First Female Professor of Finance. Professor Vera has set the record of being the first female Profesor of Finance at the University of Ghana.

Professor Vera Ogeh Fiador (née Soli) has been appointed as the first female Associate Professor of Finance. This promotion comes after 75 years since the establishment of the University of Ghana (UG) and 60 years since the UG Business School (formerly the School of Administration) was established.

Meet The First Female Finance Professor In The University Of Ghana

Professor Fiador holds a Ph.D. in Management (with a Finance specialization) from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her Ph.D. research focused on Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her core expertise lies in the areas of corporate governance, corporate finance, gender diversity, enterprise risk management, and environmental and social risk management. She has a number of peer-reviewed publications to her name.

She joined the Business School as a faculty member in the year 2008, having attained a BSc Administration degree (Banking and Finance with First Class) and an MPhil in Finance from the University of Ghana Business School in 2003 and 2006 respectively.
Prof Vera Ogeh Fiador started her primary school education at Datus Complex, Dansoman, truncating at class three to continue at Christ Mission School, Kwashieman, and then to Ministry of Health School, Korle-Bu for her Junior High School education. She then got admission to Holy Child School, Cape Coast, where she obtained her high school (SSCE) certificate.