Dr Emmanuel Adu-Ameyaw

Job: Senior Lecturer in Finance

School/department: School of Accounting, Finance and Economics

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: emmanuel.adu-ameyaw@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Emmanuel Adu-Ameyaw is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester. Prior to this position, he was a Lecturer and Seminar Chair for the Governance and Accountability Research Group at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He began his academic journey at Liverpool Business School, where he obtained his doctorate degree.
As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Emmanuel's teaching and research span corporate finance, investment management, international financial management, market analysis, compensation, sustainable financing, and corporate governance. His current research interests include corporate risk-taking, managerial compensation, corporate sustainability, corporate political risks, and corporate governance practices. His work has been published in leading academic journals including International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis, Business Strategy and the Environment, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, and others.

Emmanuel holds a PhD in Management Studies (Finance) from Liverpool Business School (LJMU - Liverpool) and two master's degrees: an MSc in Finance & Investment from Leicester Castle Business School (Leicester) and an MSc in Finance from Coventry Business School (Coventry). He also has a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Ghana (Ghana).
In addition to his teaching and research, Emmanuel is an active reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and is open to supervising PhD candidates with related research interests.

Research group affiliations

  • The Centre for Research in Accountability, Governance and Sustainability (CRAGS)
  • The Finance and Banking Research Centre (FiBRe)

Publications and outputs

Research interests/expertise

  • Corporate risk-taking
  • Managerial compensation
  • Corporate sustainability
  • Corporate level political risk
  • Corporate governance 

Areas of teaching

Finance and Investment

Qualifications

  • PGCLTHE (UWE)
  • PhD (Liverpool)
  • MSc (Leicester)
  • MSc (Coventry)
  • BA (Ghana)

Courses taught

  • Investment Management
  • International Financial Management
  • Corporate Finance
  • Market Analysis

Membership of professional associations and societies

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Conference attendance

  • Bradley, P., Adu-Ameyaw, E., & Maksud, M. (2023) Presented on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing, finance, and the transition to net zero at the Sustainable Economies Research Group (SERG) symposium held at the Bristol Business School, UWE, May, 2023.
  • Bristol Finance and ESG colloquium, a mini internal conference held at the Bristol Business School, UWE, Bristol, July, 2023 (Co-organiser).
  • Adu-Ameyaw, E., & Akwei, C. (2019), Investigating the Impacts of Managerial Compensation on Investment and Financing Decisions; presented at the British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference - Aston University, Birmingham – UK, September 2019.
  • The 3rd Cambridge Corporate Finance Theory Symposium, September 2016. Organized by CERT at Cambridge Judge Business School. 

ORCID number

0000-0002-3113-8219

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