🪪 Short Bio

Dr Susan Nwadinachi Akinwalere is a senior business and management lecturer and Research Associate at Oxford Business College, also teaching at Oxford Brookes University, with more than ten years of experience teaching business and management. She holds a Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University, a Master’s in International Investment & Finance from London South Bank University, and studied Banking & Finance at the University of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. She previously held managerial roles across several NHS Foundation Trusts, most recently as Network Service Manager for the Cleft Department across Oxford and Salisbury.

📄 Full Profile

Dr Susan is a senior business and management lecturer and Research Associate at Oxford Business College. She teaches People Management, Career Management, Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage, Foundation of Business, and International Business Studies, bringing more than ten years of experience teaching business and management.

She holds a Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University and a Master’s degree in International Investment & Finance from London South Bank University. Before that, she studied Banking & Finance at the University of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.

Susan has written a research paper on the impact of foreign direct investment on the utilisation of natural resources in Nigeria, and has also peer-reviewed for the *International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities*. Previously, she held managerial positions within the health industry across a range of NHS Foundation Trusts, most recently as Network Service Manager for the Cleft Department across Oxford and Salisbury. Alongside Oxford Business College, she also teaches at Oxford Brookes University.

She loves to read and volunteers with various organisations, and is currently an executive member of the Girls’ Brigade in Nigeria, an international and interdenominational Christian youth organisation.

🧩 Areas of Expertise

People management and career management · business strategy for competitive advantage · international business studies · foreign direct investment and natural resource utilisation

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